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Ongole
Ongole is a city in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Prakasam district and also the mandal headquarters of Ongole mandal in Ongole revenue division. Ongole cattle, an indigenous breed of oxen, derived its name from Ongole. Etymology Prakasam district was formerly called ''Ongole district'' and later, renamed to Prakasam in order to pay homage to the great patriot and ex-chief minister Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu. History The town's history dates from 230 BCE with the era of the Mauryas and Satavahanas who ruled most of what is now Andhra Pradesh. A few inscriptions dating to the Satavahana period have been found in the village China Ganjam, near Ongole. After the Satavahanas, this place came into the limelight again during the Kakatiya dynasty, when the nearby towns of Motupalli and Voda Revu served as major seaports. Ongole is also mentioned in the inscriptions of the Pallava rulers of the third and fourth century A.D. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakasam District
Prakasam district is one of the thirteen districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised in 2022 on April 4. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the western shore of Bay of Bengal and is bounded by Bapatla district and Palnadu districts on the north, Nandyal district on the west, Kadapa and Nellore districts on the south. A part of north west region also borders with Nagarkurnool district of Telangana. It is the largest district in the state with an area of and had a population of 2,288,026 as per 2011 Census of India. Etymology The district was named after the patriot and first Chief Minister of Andhra State Tanguturi Prakasam, also known as Andhra Kesari, who was born in the village of Vinodarayunipalem. It was accordingly renamed as Prakasam District in the year 1972. History Prakasam district was originally constituted on 2 February 1970, carved out of Guntur, Nellore and Kurno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
Balineni Srinivasa Reddy (born 12 December 1964, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian politician and Minister for Energy, forest & environment, science & technology in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Ongole. He is member of the YSR Congress Party and has represented the Ongole Ongole is a city in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Prakasam district and also the mandal headquarters of Ongole mandal in Ongole revenue division. Ongole cattle, an indigenous breed of oxen, d ... constituency for five terms. He also served as Minister of Mines & Geology, Handlooms & Textiles, Spinning Mills, Small Scale Industries in YSR second cabinet in 2009. Personal Balineni Srinivasa Reddy is a five times Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. Reddy is the son of B.Venkateswara Reddy. He is married to Sachi Devi (sister of Y V Subba Reddy (ex-MP)) and has one son B. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongole Municipal Corporation
Ongole Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Ongole in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. Ongole Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner. Jurisdiction Population (census 2011) 2,52,739, Area (in square kilometres) 132.45, No. of Households 61,694, No. of Divisions 50, Length of Roads (km) 315, Length of Drains (km) 740. 2021 elections Administration The corporation is administered by an elected body, headed by the Mayor. The present Municipal Commissioner is K. Bhagyalakshmi. Functions Ongole Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: * Planning for the town including its surroundings which are covered under i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (born 15 October 1953) is an Indian Politician who is the current Member of Parliament in 17th Lok Sabha. He represents Ongole constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party. He got elected to the 12th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha as a Candidate of Indian National Congress and again to 17th Lok Sabha as a candidate of YSR Congress Party. He quit Congress in 2014, soon after the bill to split Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha and joined Telugu Desam Party and became Member of Legislative Council. He lost the 2014 Indian general election and joined YSR Congress Party in 2019, where he contested from Ongole as a candidate of YSRCP The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ... and won with a record majorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongole Mandal
Ongole mandal is one of the 56 mandals in Prakasam district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is administered under Ongole revenue division and its headquarters are located at Ongole. The mandal is bounded by Naguluppalapadu, Maddipadu, Santhanuthlapadu, and Kothapatnam Tangutur mandals. The mandals lies on the shore of Bay of Bengal. History Ongole was once part of great historical regions of the world Kamma Rashtra. Demographics census, the mandal had a population of 253,122. The total population constitute, 126,983 males and 126,139 females —a sex ratio of 993 females per 1000 males. 24,500 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 12,635 are boys and 11,865 are girls —a ratio of 939 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 79.91% with 182,682 literates. Towns and villages census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongole Revenue Division
Ongole revenue division (or Ongole division) is an administrative division in the Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district which consists of 12 mandals under its administration. Ongole is the administrative headquarters of the division. Administration The 12 mandals in the revenue division are: See also * List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh *List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh Mandal in Andhra Pradesh, India is a sub-District. History The Mandal system came into existence as an administrative reform, as part of reducing the size of erstwhile taluks and making them more effective and manageable. The decentralisation of ... References Revenue divisions in Prakasam district {{Prakasam-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanguturi Prakasam
Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the chief minister of the Madras Presidency. Tanguturi subsequently became the first chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State, created by the partition of Madras State along the linguistic lines. Tanguturi was known as "Andhra Kesari" which translates to "Lion of Andhra". The Andhra Pradesh government issued G.O RT-2500 on 10 August 2014 declaring his birth anniversary a State holiday. ''naajeevitayatrata-tanguturi-prakasham-gari-jeevita-charitra'' Early life Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu was born into a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YSRCP
The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth largest party in the Lok Sabha with 22 seats. Origins After the sudden death of the then-incumbent Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) in a helicopter crash in September 2009, his son Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, MP from Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency), Kadapa, started an ''Odarpu Yatra'' (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, to console the families of those who had committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father. This tour was not supported by the Congress leadership. Defying the Congress Working Committee's order to call off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satavahanas
The Satavahanas (''Sādavāhana'' or ''Sātavāhana'', International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ), also referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty based in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan region. Most modern scholars believe that the Satavahana rule began in the late second century BCE and lasted until the early third century CE, although some assign the beginning of their rule to as early as the 3rd century BCE based on the Puranas, but uncorroborated by archaeological evidence. The Satavahana kingdom mainly comprised the present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra. At different times, their rule extended to parts of modern Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka. The dynasty had different capital cities at different times, including Pratishthana (Paithan) and Amaravathi village, Guntur district, Amaravati (Dharanikota). The origin of the dynasty is uncertain, but according to the Puranas, their first king overthrew the Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauryas
The Maurya Empire, or the Mauryan Empire, was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in the Indian subcontinent based in Magadha, having been founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, and existing in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. Quote: "Magadha power came to extend over the main cities and communication routes of the Ganges basin. Then, under Chandragupta Maurya (c.321–297 bce), and subsequently Ashoka his grandson, Pataliputra became the centre of the loose-knit Mauryan 'Empire' which during Ashoka's reign (c.268–232 bce) briefly had a presence throughout the main urban centres and arteries of the subcontinent, except for the extreme south." The Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna). Outside this imperial center, the empire's geographical extent was dependent on the loyalty of military commanders who controlled the armed cities sprinkling it. During Asho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the north-west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about . Andhra State was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking areas (ten districts) of the Hyderabad State to form United Andhra Pradesh. ln 2014 these merged areas of Hyderabad State are bifurcated from United Andhra Pradesh to form new state Telangana . Present form of Andhra similar to Andhra state.but some mandalas like Bhadrachalam still with Telangana. Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kurnool is People Capital of And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
