04/06/2026
Hyderabad Mein Cycle Ki 150 Saal Purani Shahi Tareekh | Nawabon Ki Pasandeeda Sawari!
Aaj kal ke daur mein jahan mehngi aur pur-takalluf kaarein kisi ki maali haisiyat aur daulatmandi ki alamat maani jaati hain, wahin cycle ko aam taur par ghareebon ki gaadi ya sirf fitness ka zariya samjha jaata hai. Lekin Hyderabad ki tareekh gawah hai ke aaj se 100 aur 125 saal pehle cycle duniya ke ameer tareen nawabon ki sabse pasandeeda sawari aur fakhr ki alamat hua karti thi.
3 June ko duniya bhar mein manaye jaane wale "World Bicycle Day" ke mauqe par shehar Hyderabad mein cycle ki 150 saala munfarid tareekh ke kai dilchasp pehlu saamne aaye hain.
Tareekhi dastavezat ke mutabiq Hyderabad mein cycle ko pehli baar Angrezon ne taqreeban 1860 ke aas paas mutarif karaya tha. Shehar mein sabse pehli cycle khareedne ka aizaaz Aram Manzil ke baani Nawab Fakhr-ul-Mulk Bahadur ko hasil hua.
Cycle ka craze us daur ke umara mein is had tak tha ke Asaf Jahi Saltanat ke chhatte tajdaar Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan aur Paigah khandan ke ameer Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur ne mil kar 1896 mein Basheer Bagh Mahal mein baqaida ek "Cycle Club" qaim kiya tha, jahan shahenshahi khandan ke afraad cycling kiya karte the.
Yahan tak ke duniya ke ameer tareen afraad mein shumaar Asaf Jahi hukmaranon ne bhi baaz awami numaishon mein cycleon ki shaan-o-shaukat ka muzahira kiya.
Shehar Hyderabad mein cycle ki barhti hui maqbooliyat ko dekhte hue saal 1904 mein Secunderabad ki James Street (maujooda Mahatma Gandhi Road) par "Bombay Cycle Agency" ke naam se pehla official cycle showroom khola gaya.
Waqt ke saath yeh sawari itni mohtaram ho gayi ke Hyderabad City Police ne bhi apne ahalkaron ke gasht ke liye khaas taur par France mein bani mashhoor Clement cycles ka istemal shuru kar diya.
Nizam hukoomat ke daur mein cycle chalane ke qawaneen bhi nihayat sakht the. Saal 1960 tak Hyderabad mein cycle chalane ke liye baqaida license lena lazmi hota tha, jiske liye ek chhoti si dhaati plate (token) cycle par lagayi jaati thi.
Agar raat ke waqt cycle ki aage wali headlight (dynamo lamp) kaam na kar rahi ho, to City Police na sirf jurmana aaid karti thi balki cycle ko zabt bhi kar leti thi.
Cycle ki yeh 150 saala tareekh batati hai ke jo gaadi kabhi shahi mahalon ki zeenat hua karti thi, woh waqt badalne ke saath saath aam awaam ki zaroorat ban gayi.
Aaj ke Hyderabad mein jahan darjanon cycle associations sargarm hain, wahin ab ghareeb aur mehnat-kash tabqe ke ilawa maholiyat se mohabbat karne wale aur fitness ke shaukeen afraad bhi is tareekhi sawari ko zinda rakhe hue hain.
