Bella Vista, Hyderabad is a royal palace of the Nizam built in the year 1910. Bella Vista is the Indo-European building standing on a ten-acre verdant campus. The building's French architect christened it the Bella Vista, meaning beautiful sight, since it overlooks the Hussain sagar lake. It was modeled on the Henley-on-Thames of England. It was in this palace that the heir apparent to the masnad (throne) of Hyderabad, Prince of Berar, Nawab Mir Himayat Ali Khan, Azam Jah Bahadur, the elder son of the Seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, stayed.[1] It now houses the Administrative staff college of India.
