Mahabubnagar is a city in Mahabubnagar District of the

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

named after the 6th Nizam,

Mahboob Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahboo ...

. It is the headquarters of Mahabubnagar

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in Mahabubnagar revenue division. The city is also the largest in the district with an area of and 7th most populous in the state.

Etymology

Mahabubnagar is also known with the name, ''Palamooru''. The city also has an older name "Rukmammapeta."

Geography

Mahbub Nagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbub Nagar is located at a distance of 98 km from

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130 km from

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and 105 km from Raichur.

Climate

Demographics

In 2011, Mahbub Nagar had a population of 222,573 It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.

Governance

''Mahbub Nagar municipality'' is the civic body of the city, which was constituted in 1942 as a ''third grade municipality''. It was upgraded to ''second grade'' in 1959, to ''first grade'' in 1983 and finally to ''Special grade municipality'' in 2004. It is spread over an area of . Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar municipality, census towns of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the out growths of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.

Transport

The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road, railway and airway. National and

state highways A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

that pass through the city are NH 44 and NH 167, State highway 20 and 23.

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

operates buses to various destinations from Mahbub Nagar bus station of the city. The city has rail connectivity with the presence of Mahbub Nagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is only 75 kms from the city.

Notable people

Jaipal Reddy Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of India for five terms. He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian Nat ...

– Outstanding Parliamentarian , Former leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha * Burgula Ramakrishna Rao – First elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State * Pramod Mahajan – Former Union Minister *

Revanth Reddy Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is the Member of parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha, from the Indian National Congress representing the Malkajgiri constituency. He was a two-time Memb ...

– politician * Mallikarjun Goud – Former Union Minister * D. K. Aruna – BJP National Vice President , Ex-Minister of state * Venkatarama Reddy – kotwal *

J. Rameshwar Rao Janumpally Rameshwar Rao (1923–1998) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat, member of parliament, and book publisher. Rao joined Indian Foreign Service in 1949 and served as commissioner for the Government of India in various African nations. He was ...

– Former MP ,Diplomat , Orient Longman Publishers founder * Chitlem Narsi Reddy – Former Deputy Speaker of AP Assembly *

Jupally Krishna Rao Jupally Krishna Rao (born 10 August 1955) is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapur and won elections 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections. Early ...

– Former Minister * A. P. Jithender Reddy – Former MP , businessman * C. Laxma Reddy – Former Minister *

Gona Budda Reddy Gona Budda Reddy, also known as Ranganatha (13th century CE), was a poet and ruler living in southern India. Written work His '' Ranganatha Ramayanam'' was a pioneering work in the Telugu language on the theme of the ''Ramayana'' epic. Most s ...

– Poet and king (13th Century) * Nagam Janardhan Reddy – Former Minister *

Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy is a politician from Telugu Desam Party who is a former member of the legislative assembly representing Wanaparthy constituency in Telangana State. He also served as a Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha from Ma ...

– politician * Ravula Ravindranath Reddy – politician *

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (born 4 October 1958) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation and Marketing of Telangana since 2019. He represents Wanaparthy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He ...

– Lawyer and politician * Suravaram Pratapa Reddy – freedom fighter and writer * Goreti Venkanna – writer and singer * Tejaswini Manogna – Miss Earth India 2019 *

Manda Jagannath Dr. Manda Jagannath ( te, మంద జగన్నాథ్; born 22 May 1951) is an Indian politician, was a member of the 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th Lok Sabha of India representing Nagarkurnool constituency. He belongs to Telangana Rashtra Sam ...

– Former MP * Kapilavai Lingamurthy – Poet and writer

References

External links

Mahabubnagar Official Government Website
{{Authority control Cities in Telangana District headquarters of Telangana Municipal corporations in Telangana