Hyderabad Public School Anniversary Celebrations: Vintage Car Rally & Showcase

Jagirdars College & The Hyderabad Public School Old Students Association proudly presented a rare opportunity for car aficionados to admire vintage cars in their resplendent glory. A Vintage Car Drive & Showcase was organized as part of the 90th year celebrations to mark nine glorious decades of The Hyderabad Public School and it was held in association with The Heritage Car Club of Andhra Pradesh.

The morning started with a nine decade drive across the major roads of the city. It was flagged off by Mr. C.V. Anand, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, a batch of 1986 alumni of the school at Gate No. 1 of The Hyderabad Public School & led ohto the' Raj Bhkvaii Road and finally concluded at the school again amidst fanfare & celebration. The Vintage car drive was a visual treat, the grandeur of which reached when the cars pulled back into the school after the drive & stood proud on display against the majestic 90 year old INTACH awarded heritage buildings. With over 45 cars, jeeps and bikes, the event undoubtedly radiated royalty from its very essence;

Each one of these vintage cars, jeeps and bikes have seen and Beard history, bringing with them an intriguing set of tales; Mr. K.S. Pestonji's 1955 Dodge, King Kothi A which was a personal favourite car of HEH The Nizam of Hyderabad, Raghu Cidamm’s 1946 Chevrolet which was imported for the last resident of Hyderabad state, Mr. Shah Alain Rasool Khan’s 1952 Austin Champ which is equipped with a Rolls Royce Amphibious Engiiie and can go in water - a jeep owned by HEH The Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah Bahadur, and last but not the least let us not forget Mr. Rashid Qayum’s 1942 Ford GPW which was used in World War H at the Burma border.

This was probably the second tryst of these cars with the school’s heritage buildings, having seen them earlier being used by the Jagirdars who built it.

It is also a worthy mention that at 10:30am a school and Wildlife Photography exhibition was inaugurated by Mr. Jagdish Reddy, President, The Hyderabad Public School Society. This splendid exhibition is the brainchild of two talented old students; Mr. Masood Hussain and Mr. Ismail Shariff.