Musi River is a tributary of Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau region of Andhra Pradesh state in India. It flows through a major portion of Hyderabad.
India and divides the historic old city with the new city. Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar in gandipet are the two dams built on it which act as source of water for Hyderabad.
Known as Muchukunda river in olden days, this name was changed to Musi,which name is in use today.
The reason for change of original name "Muchkunda" is not known.Hussain Sagar lake was built in 1562 A.D. by Hussain Shah Wali, who was the son in law of Ibrahim Qutubshah and was PWD Minister during the reign of Ibrahim Qutubshah.This lake of 24 kilometres was built to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city.
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