Tuesday, 14th March 2006 (4016 views)

The priceless Nizam's jewellery collection is to be put on permanent display in Hyderabad, the Indian government has said.

The glittering collection belonged to the erstwhile rulers of Hyderabad but has been locked away in a vault in Mumbai since 1995.

Comprising 173 gold, diamond and pearl pieces, Nizam's is looked upon as one of the world's foremost jewellery collections.

But according to the government, it is time for it to get a permanent airing in a yet-to-be-decided location.

"The selection of the location will be taken after the security agencies give the go-ahead," tourism minister J. Geeta Reddy said in parliament, according to New Kerala.

She added that the jewels should no longer be kept in the Royal Bank of India's vaults but that the government had yet to select a specific destination.

The priceless collection was publicly displayed in Hyderabad's Salarjung Museum by the Musi river for two months in 2005.

The union government took ownership of the jewellery, thought to be worth more than Rs 20,000 crore, eleven years ago following a legal scrap with Nizam's heirs.

 

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