Mehdi Nawaz Jung

Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung (23 May 1894 – 28 June 1967) was an Indian bureaucrat and was Secretary to the Executive Council during the Nizam rule.

His house known as Banjara Bhavan, located at Banjara Hills was a very picturesque area of Hyderabad which was promoted by Mehdi Nawaz Jung for habitation, is a Grade-I notified heritage building by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.

From the year 1952 to January 1960, Shri Mehdi Nawaz Jung was a Minister in the former Hyderabad State and then in Andhra Pradesh Government, holding various portfolios such as Public Works Department, Roads & Buildings Department, Irrigation & Power, etc.

He was a member of the 1956 committee for Standards for Education & Practice of Hakims, Vaidyas, Homeopaths.

The auditorium was named after him: Mehdi Nawaj Jung hall in Paldi area.

Kohistan, the residence of Mehdi Nawaz Jung