Nizam jewellery brought home

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, NOV. 9. Amidst unprecedented security, the fabulous Nizam jewellery was brought to the city here on Friday afternoon. The collection would be put on display at the Salar Jung Museum from November 24.

The jewellery, whose worth is estimated at above Rs. 1,800 crores, was brought in a special flight from New Delhi. Soon after the landing of the flight, a security blanket was thrown around the collection, which comprises 173 items, including the fabled Jacob's Diamond. The collection was shifted in special vehicles to the museum.

The motorcade carrying the precious collection of the former rulers of Hyderabad were flanked by outriders and tailed by police jeeps.

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