Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad is the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh, located in south India, 536 metres above sea level. It is also emerging as a convention capital of India with HITEX, HICC and several other world class auditoriums and convention centres. It is a 400-year-old city famous as the former seat of the fabulously wealthy Nizams of Hyderabad. Hyderabad, India's fifth-largest city has many historic monuments and attractions like Char Minar, Golkonda Fort, Hussain sagar Lake etc. Being a city of ancient and modern notion, it has got all entertainment available in pubs, five star hotels, world class restaurants and many more attractions. However no one would like to miss the special spice of Hyderabad - Biryani.