Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung (23 May 1894 - 28 June 1967) was an Indian bureaucrat and was Secretary to the Executive Council during the Nizam rule. His house konwn as Devdi Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a Grade-I notified heritage building by HMDA.

Career

Mehdi Nawaz Jung was also the first commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. He contested a general election in 1952 from the Hyderabad constituency and won the election with a very big majority. From the year 1952 to January, 1960, Shri Mehdi Nawaj Jung was a Minister in the former Hyderabad State and then in Andhra Pradesh Government, holding various portfolios such as Public Works Department, Roads & Buildings Department, Irrigation & Power, etc.

He was instrumental in setting up Niloufer Hospital

Niloufer Hospital

Niloufer Hospital is a maternity and children's hospital located in Hyderabad, India. It is a tertiary care hospital for Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, maternal-fetal Medicine. It is one of the largest Hospitals of its kind in Asia, with advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and...

in Hyderabad. He died on 28 June 1967.

Positions held

• Secretary, Executive Council - Hyderabad State 1926
• First Municipal Commissioner - MCH
• Member of Parliament from Hyderabad 1952 and 1959
• Governor of Gujarat - 1960