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An educational trip to Purani Haveli

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Education is not something which only happens between the four walls of the classroom . It can be more than that too. Learning is not only memorising the content and pouring it in the paper. One of the learning technique is “seeing is believing”. Few things can be learnt and understood better if we see them with our own eyes.  Recently, we have been to an educational trip to Purani Haveli which is located in Secunderabad. This trip was part of our history lessons. Purani Haveli literally means old mansion. So, this mansion was built by the Asif jah II to his son Sikander jah (Asaf jah III). It was a palace earlier that time. But now, part of it has been converted into a school and the other part serves like a museum where the artifacts were placed. The palace was very magnificent and the museum was mind blowing. We saw various belongings of the last Nizam Osman Ali Khan and his family. There were various things like the Silver caskets, cup and saucers, jewellery, golden ...