Mahabubnagar district

Mahabubnagar District, is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India, with its headquarters at Mahabubnagar. The district has a population of 3,513,934, of which 10.57% is urban (as of 2001). [1] Other towns of importance in the district are Achampet, Gadwal, Wanaparthi, Jadcherla, Kalwakurthy, and Nagarkurnool.

Mahabubnagar was the southern district of Hyderabad State under Nizam and bordered with the River Krishna in the south and surrounded by the Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Raichur, and Gulbarga districts. Mahabubnagar town is located 96 km away from Hyderabad.

This place was formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru. The name was changed to Mahabubnagar on 4 December 1890, in honour of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911). It has been the headquarters of the district since 1883. The Mahabubnagar region was once known as Cholawadi or 'the land of the Cholas'. It is said that the famous Golconda diamonds came from Mahabubnagar district.

It is very hard to understand the history of Palamoor as this region was always neglected by the rulers. And for most of the time, this region was ruled by very small regional rulers, Samasthans, Jamindars, Doras or landlords. Even today, the people of this region struggle all their life for basic needs.

History

Palamoor Samasthans tell us the recent history of some parts of this region, which are still familiar to Palamoor people.

The origin of the Rajas of Hindu Samasthans in the Nizam's Dominion goes back to the time of the ancient Hindu Kingdom of Warangal. They were mostly Zamindars and military chiefs who established their authority over the surrounding territories. They were known as Paligars and their territories, Palayams. There were about sixteen Samasthans, which survived till Independence. Some of the important Samasthans in this region were Wanaparthi, Gadwal, Jetprole, Amarchinta, Palvancha, Gopalpet, Gurugunta, Kollapur and Anagundi. The Rajas of the Samasthans were progressive and managed the administration well.

Kollapur Samasthan

Kollapur smasthan with a large area spanning most of the nallamala forest area on the banks of river Krishna. The famous somasila and sangameshwara and malleshwara temples are located in this samsthan. There are traces of architectural tressures from 2nd century B.C. in this samasthan. Still you can see hundreds of ancient temples, which were built before 1500 years ago. Kollapur Samasthan played a considerable role in Nizam's era. Kollapur has produced great personalities such as Miyaapuram Rama Krishna Rao, a famous telugu brahmin, who worked as mantri ( secretary ) to raja of kollapur. Even today people call his family members as mantri krishna rao sons and grand sons. The planning of the town is so civic. The roads are so broad and one can wonder how neatly it has planned in those olden days. This is also known as Andhra Bangalore, due to its beautiful planned roads. The education was also so good. It has produced merit students like M Venu Gopal Rao, a scientist settled in Canada & Industrialists like Ramesh Miyyapuram & Kalyan Miyyapuram settled in Hyderabad.

Wanaparthi Samasthan

This is situated in Mahboobnagar district with an area of about 640 sq.miles. The Rajas of the Samasthans were closely associated with the QtubShahi kings. The early Rajas of Wanaparthi kept on army of 2000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. On 17th March 1843, the title of "Balwant" was conferred on Raja Rameshwar Rao as a mark of honour by Sikander Jah. For administrative purposes the Samasthan was divided into two taluqas namely "sugar" and "Kesampet" under to Tahsildars. The "Maharaja" died on 22nd November 1922. He was survived by two sons, Krishna Dev Rao and Ram Dev Rao. Recently this family represented in the Indian government after Independence. This family is also associated with the Orient Longman Group. A famous polytechnic college in the region, KDR Government Polytechnic is now housed in the erstwhile Wanaparthi Raja's Palace. This imposing palace was most recently seen in Telugu movies like "Aadi" and "Chenna Kesava Reddy". A race for "Wanaparthi Cup" is also conducted in the Hyderabad Race Club.

The Samasthan of Jetprole

It was one of the most ancient and historic Samasthans in the dominion. It is said that Pillalamarri Bethala Reddy was the founder of not only the Jetprole family but also the families of the rajas of Bobbili in Ganjam District, Pittapore (now Pittapuram in Godavari District, Malleshwaram in Krishna District and Venkatagiri in Nellore District. The young Raja was given the ruling power by the Nizam when he ascended the 'Gaddi' he dropped his name of Navanita Krishna Yachandra and adopted that of Raja Venkat Laxman Rao Bahadur. The Raja died in 1929 leaving two daughters and his Rani.

The Amarchinta Samasthan

The Amarchinta Samasthan had an area of about 190 sq.miles in Mahabubnagar District. One of the descendants of the family, Raja Sriram Bhupal, died and was survived by his wife. She was accepted as the lawful successor to the Samasthan. Amarchinta Samasthan was noted for fine muslin.

The Gadwal Samasthan

This is situated between the rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna over an area of about 800 sq.miles. After the fall of the Warangal Andhra dynasty in the 14th century, Gadwal transferred its allegiance to the new Bahmani kingdom. According to the family history, Pedda Veera Reddy, Peddanna Bhupaludu, Sarga Reddy, Veera Reddy and Kumara Veera Reddy ruled Gadwal between 1553 and 1704.

During the reign of Nizam Ali Khan Asaf Jah II, the Martha's gained power in certain parts of the Deccan and started collecting 'chouth' or 25% of the revenue known, as 'Do-Amli' are the double government of the Nizam. Raja Sitaram Bhupal died in 1840 and was succeeded by his adopted son, Raja Sitaram Bhupal II. Nizam VII bestowed on him the title of "Maharaja" and he died in 1924 and was survived by his widow and two daughters.

Places of Tourist Interest

The city of Mahboobnagar is surrounded by small mountains. Although the second biggest river of south India flows throgh this district, it is generally considered as drought hit area.

Peerlamarri

KoilSagar Dam

Srisailam

Forts in the above mentioned samashans

Colleges

Apart from the Govt and State colleges, the following are private institutions. The Mahaboob nagar comes under the Osmania University jurisdiction. Madina Group of Institutions PHRM Degree College Medical College Engineering College Govt Polytechnic

Famous Personalities

Mr Jaipal Reddy

P Hanumantha Rao

N Janardhan Reddy

V Jhansi Rani

R Chandrashekhar Reddy

K Madhusudan Rao

Bharatsimha Reddy

Salam Masdoosi

M Venu Gopal Rao

P Chandra Shekhar MLA

Y Ella Reddy

Khaleel ur Rahman MP

Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi

M Adgul Sami

Rameshwar Rao

Pt Damodar Thakur Zaki

Pt Raghavendar Rao Jazb, Alampur

Books, magazines and Newspapers

Map

External links

• Mahabubnagar

See Also the Wiki article on Mahbubnagar [[ur:محبوب نگر ]