Background
Mehdi Nawaz Jung was born in Darulshifa Hyderabad Deccan in a middle class family of a very religious father Moulvi Syed Abbas Ali (Abbas Sahab).
Mehdi Nawaz Jung was born in Darulshifa Hyderabad Deccan in a middle class family of a very religious father Moulvi Syed Abbas Ali (Abbas Sahab).
His house known as Banjara Bhavan on Road Number.4 Banjara Hills a very Picturesque Area of Hyderabad which was promoted by Mehdi Nawaz Jung for habitation, is a Grade-I notified heritage building by HMDA. Mehdi Nawaz Jung was also the first commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. 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, et cetera He was the first President of Indian Council of Social Welfare.
He was instrumental in setting up Niloufer Hospital and Mehdi Nawaz Jung Institute of Oncology - the first government cancer hospital of its sort in India.
One of the pioneers in using Radio-Iodine ablation in Thyroid Cancers. lieutenant is one of the Regional Cancer Centres, presently approved and funded by the central government.
Secretary, Executive Council - Hyderabad State 1926
First Municipal Commissioner - Master of Surgery
Minister in the governments of Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh 1952 to 1959
Governor of Gujarat - 1960.
Member of the Assemblies of Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh 1952 to 1959.
