# Commissioner of the Hyderabad City Police

The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City is the head of Hyderabad City Police.
The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Director general of police (DGP) or Additional director general of police (ADGP). The commissioner heads the police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 650 km$^2$ area and home to a population of 1.6 Crore (16 million) with a 40 lakh (4 million) floating population.

## History

The post of Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City has its roots in Hyderabad State during the Nizam period. Called Kotwal-e-Balda or Kotwal for short, the Commissioner of police was appointed by the Nizam of Hyderabad. Apart from holding the powers and privileges as the head of police, he also enjoyed certain judicial and civil powers. He was the chief adviser to the Nizam on all police matters and was part of his durbar. Most of the Kotwals were nobles. The first Hindu kotwal was Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy, who served as the Commissioner during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam VII.

## List of Commissioners
### Hyderabad State (1847-1947)

| S.No | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | Hasan Ali Khan (Talib-Ud Dawlah) | 1-1-1847 to 27–12–1847 |
| 2 | Md. Vazir Jamadar | 28-12-1847 to 4–10–1851 |
| 3 | Fazluddin Khan | 5-10-1851 to 4–1–1853 |
| 4 | Mohammed Syeed Hussain | 5-1-1853 to 9–11–1853 |
| 5 | Nawab Ghalib Ud Dawlah | 10-11-1853 to 8–5–1855 |
| 6 | Grand Son Of Zafar-Ud-Dawlah | 9-5-1855 to 5–6–1873 |
| 7 | Nawab Zourawar Jung | 6-6-1873 to 22–4–1874 |
| 8 | Inayat Hussain Khan | 23-4-1874 to 4–5–1884 |
| 9 | Nawab Akber –Ul-Mulk | 5-5-1884 to 7–4–1905 |
| 10 | Vazir Ali Nawab (Sulthan Yawar Jung) | 8-4-1905 to 24–12–1912 |
| 11 | KB Abdul Kareem Lal Khan | 25-4-1912 to 16–9–1912 |
| 12 | Mir Mubarak Ali Khan | 17-9-1912 to 7–11–1912 |
| 13 | Nawab Emad Jung II | 8-11-1912 to 22–3–1920 |
| 14 | Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy | 23-3-1920 to 30–6–1934 |
| 15 | Nawab Rahmat Yar Jung Bahadur | 1-7-1934 to 5–6–1945 |
| 16 | Nawab Deen Yar Jung Bahadur | 6-6-1945 to 31–7–1947 |

### Hyderabad State (1948–1956)

| S.No | Name | Batch | Tenure |
| 17 | Rusthum Ji Shapur Ji | | 1-8-1947 to 20–3–1949 |
| 18 | S. N. Reddy M.A | | 21-3-1949 to 31–8–1951 |
| 19 | Shiv Kumar Lal, IPS | 1935 (SPS) | 1-9-1951 to 30–6–1953 |
| 20 | A. Sundaram Pillai, IPS | | 1-7-1953 to 14–5–1954 |
| 21 | B. L. Khedkar, IPS | | 15-5-1954 to 25–9–1954 |

### Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)

| S.No | Name | Batch | Tenure |
| 22 | C. Ranga Swamy Iyengar, IPS | | 26-9-1954 to 18-5-1957 (again 14–7–1967) |
| 23 | S. Vijaya Rangam, IPS | 1942 | 19-5-1957 to 13–5–1959 |
| 24 | B. N. Kaliya Rao, IPS | | 14-5-1959 to 2-4-1961 (Again 22–5–1967) |
| 25 | S. P. Satur, IPS | 1946 | 3-4-1961 to 31-8-1964 (Again 19–2–1963) |
| 26 | Prahlad Singh, IPS | 1944 | 1-9-1964 to 31–1–1970 |
| 27 | Abdus Salam Khan, IPS | 1947 (SPS) | 1-2-1970 to 13–7–1973 |
| 28 | P. V. G. Krishnama Charyulu, IPS | 1951 (RR) | 14-7-1973 to 14–12–1975 |
| 29 | K. N. Sreenivasan, IPS | 1952 (RR) | 15-12-1975 to 22–8–1976 |
| 30 | M. A. Shafiullah Khan, IPS | 1952 (RR) | 23-8-1976 to 27–12–1977 |
| 31 | Muni Swamy, IPS | 1952 (SPS) | 28-12-1977 to 21–14–1978 |
| 32 | P. V. Pavithran, IPS | | 22-4-1978 to 1–5–1981 |
| 33 | C. G. Saldanha, IPS | 1953 (RR) | 2-5-1981 to 26–8–1981 |
| 34 | P. Ponnaiya, IPS | | 27-8-1981 to 9–11–1982 |
| 35 | S. Chandra Shekaran, IPS | | 10-11-1982 to 13–4–1983 |
| 36 | K. Vijayarama Rao, IPS | | 14-4-1983 to 27-8-1984 (Again 7–4–1989) |
| 37 | R. Prabhakar Rao, IPS | 1957 (RR) | 28-8-1984 to 4-3-1986 (Again 30–12–1989) |
| 38 | T. Surya Narayan Rao, IPS | 1958 (RR) | 5-3-1986 to 14–2–1989 |
| 39 | V. Apparao, IPS | | 15-2-1989 to 4-5-1990 (Again 25–12–1994) |
| 40 | Ismail Pullanna, IPS | 1961 (RR) | 5-5-1990 to 15–8–1990 |
| 41 | G. Gurunath Rao, IPS | | 16-8-1990 to 28–11–1990 |
| 42 | M. V. Bhaskara Rao, IPS | 1962 (RR) | 29-11-1990 to 15–4–1993 |
| 43 | H. J. Dora, IPS | 1965 (RR) | 16-4-1993 to 29–11–1996 |
| 44 | C. Rama Swamy, IPS | 1968 (RR) | 30-11-1996 to 29–6–1997 |
| 45 | R. P. Singh, IPS | 1973 (RR) | 30-6-1997 to 11-9-1998 (Again 13–10–2003) |
| 46 | S. R. Sukumara, IPS | 1967 (RR) | 12-9-1998 to 14–12–2000 |
| 47 | P. Ramulu, IPS | 1967 (RR) | 15-12-2000 to 24–2–2002 |
| 48 | M. V. Krishna Rao, IPS | 1974 (RR) | 25-2-2002 to 30–11–2004 |
| 49 | V. Dinesh Reddy, IPS | 1977 (RR) | 1-12-2004 to 29–9–2005 |
| 50 | A. K. Mohanty, IPS | 1975 (RR) | 30-9-2005 to 11–12–2007 |
| 51 | Balwinder Singh, IPS | 1976 (RR) | 12-12-2007 to 20–1–2008 |
| 52 | B. Prasada Rao, IPS | 1979 (RR) | 21-1-2008 to 21–1–2010 |
| 53 | A. K. Khan, IPS | 1981 (RR) | 22-1-2010 to 20–5–2012 |
| 54 | Anurag Sharma, IPS | 1982 (RR) | 21-5-2012 to 31–5–2014 |

### Telangana

| S.No | Name | Batch | Tenure |
| 55 | M. Mahender Reddy, IPS | 1986 (RR) | 2-6-2014 to 11–11–2017 |
| 56 | V. V. Srinivasa Rao, IPS | 1995 (RR) | 12-11-2017 to 11–3–2018 |
| 57 | Anjani Kumar, IPS | 1990 (RR) | 12-3-2018 to 24–12–2021 |
| 58 | C. V. Anand, IPS | 1991 (RR) | 25-12-2021 to 11–10–2023 |
| 59 | Sandeep Shandilya, IPS | 1993 (RR) | 13-10-2023 to 13–12–2023 |
| 60 | K. Sreenivasa Reddy, IPS | 1994 (RR) | 13-12-2023 to 7–9–2024 |
| 61 | C. V. Anand, IPS | 1991 (RR) | 7-9-2024 to Present |