The Public Gardens, also known as Bagh-e-Aam, is located near Fateh Maidan and is one of the largest city gardens in India. The site for the Public Gardens was acquired by the Nizam’s Government in 1864 from Raja Balakrishna on the advice of Salar Jung I.

Surrounded by a wall with three lofty gateways, it contains a number of important public buildings viz., the Legislative Assembly, the State Museum, Bal Bhavan, the Health Museum and the Jubilee Hall with a beautiful pavilion inside, where Nizam VII used to receive “Nazr” (cash tributes) on his birthday.

The oldest building in the Public Gardens is the Iron Bungalow, which is adjacent to a very beautiful mosque, where the late Nizam used to offer Friday prayers. Before the opening of the Nehru Zoological Park, the Zoo was located inside the Public Gardens and it was here that the first Industrial Exhibition was held in 1939 and continued to be held there for a few years.