Sardar Mahal, Royal palace near Charminar in Hyderabad, India.

Sardar Mahal is a palace built in 1900 in European style by Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, located near Charminar in Hyderabad. It was named after his consort Sardar Begum, who disliked the construction and never lived there. The building later housed the Charminar Unani hospital and then a city civil court, and it is declared a heritage building by the Heritage Conservation Committee and INTACH.

Sardar Mahal was built in 1900 in European style by Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan for his consort Sardar Begum, who disliked the construction and never lived there. The building nonetheless took her name. For a time it housed the Charminar Unani Hospital, then the city civil court. In 1965 the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation seized it over unpaid property taxes, and its circle office later operated from the building.

The palace is named after Sardar Begum, the consort for whom Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan built it in 1900; she disliked the construction and never lived there. The building later housed the Charminar Unani hospital and then a city civil court, and from 1965 the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation used it for its circle office. Kalakriti India plans a cultural centre here.

Sardar Mahal stands near Charminar in the old city and is reached on foot through the surrounding lanes. The building has been under restoration and renovation, with a Rs 30 crore state allocation and works inaugurated on 9 April 2022, so parts may be closed off; check locally before setting out.

After Sardar Begum refused to live there, the building housed the Charminar Unani Hospital for a time, then the city civil court, before the municipal corporation seized it in 1965 for unpaid property tax and ran its circle office from it.