Dewan Bahadur Seth Laxmi Narayan Ram Gopal

Dewan Bahadur’s father, Seth Subkanan, was a small trader in the village of Rajura (Adilabad District). When Dewan Bahadur moved to Secunderabad, he started a business on a small scale. Ram Gopal generously subscribed to the War Loan and the Imperial Relief Fund. In 1901, he built a temple known as the Hanuman Temple on the Hussain Sagar bund. Additionally, he built a pavilion in 1899 at Fateh Maidan in the name of Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Nizam VI, known as the Mahboobia Stand. The pavilion was dismantled at the time of the construction of the present Lal Bahadur Stadium.

He also built Dharmasalas at Bezwada (Vijayawada) in 1925 and endowed a maternity ward at the Civil Hospital in Secunderabad. In 1919, he built an Industrial School. Seth Ram Gopal also built the Clock Tower in Secunderabad. He passed away on June 18, 1923, at the age of 73. His son, Seth Latchmi Narayan, who was born in Secunderabad, continued the good work started by his father. The famous Ram Gopal Mills near the Tank Bund in Secunderabad were started by him.