During the Chattopadhyay family's residence, it was the centre of many reformist ideas in Hyderabad, in areas ranging from marriage, education, women's empowerment, literature and nationalism.

[4] University of Hyderabad has plans to restore the dilapidated structure and transform Golden Threshhold into a museum-cum-cultural centre.

In 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dedicated the Golden Threshold to its current owner, the University of Hyderabad.

[1] Till recently Golden Threshold was listed as a protected heritage building under the Regulation 13 of the HMDA Act.

As the Telangana Heritage Law does not incorporate the HMDA regulation, the Golden Threshold was stripped of its ‘protected’ tag.