Shamshabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad
mandal
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
of Rajendranagar
revenue division.
The
international airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports and they must feature longer r ...
of Hyderabad is located here.
History
In former times the area was known as Sedanti village, which was later renamed Shamsabad in reference to Shams-ul-Umra, the title bestowed upon "Abul Fateh Khan", Tegh Jung, Shams-ud-Daula, Shams-ul-Mulk and Shams-ul-Umrah ("The Sun among the Nobles"), who founded the
Paigah nobility during the reign of
Nizam
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
II, Mir
Nizam Ali Khan (1762-1803). There was a time when the whole of the Shamsabad area were under the direct control of
Paigah, including where the new airport has been built, the entire Shamsabad village was granted to Nawab Shams-ul-Umara Bahadur as a reward. Nawab
Moin-Ud-Dowlah Bahadur Asman Jah, a leading
Paigah noble, built a country home on a hillock and race course in Shamsabad for his own. As happened with other locality names, Shamsabad too got corrupted and over the years came to be called Shamshabad.
There is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
at Shamshabad by the name Umdanagar, which is part of the
South Central Railway
The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administrati ...
,
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
.
Geography
Shamshabad is located at . It has an average elevation of 574 metres (1,886 ft).
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Shamshabad welcomes
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...
, which began operations 23 March 2008.
Statue of Equality
Statue of Equality (Ramanuja) has been unveiled on 5th Feb'2022
Panchayats
There are 24 ''
panchayat
The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical men ...
s'' in the Shamshabad mandal.
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*Ghansmiyaguda,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Chinna Golkonda, Ranga Reddy district">Chinna Golkonda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Chinna_Gollapally__(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ghansmiyaguda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ghansimiyaguda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Hamidullanagar,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Chinna Gollapally, Ranga Reddy district">Chinna Gollapally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Ghansimiyaguda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Hamidullanagar,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Hamidullanagar_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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*Madanpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Madanpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Malkaram,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Malkaram_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Muchintal,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Muchintal_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Nanjapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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*Nanjapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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* Kothwalguda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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* Madanpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Malkaram,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Malkaram_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Muchintal,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Muchintal_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Nanjapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Narkhuda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Golkonda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Golkonda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Madanpally, Ranga Reddy district">Madanpally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Malkaram_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Muchintal,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Muchintal_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Nanjapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Narkhuda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Golkonda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Golkonda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Shapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Malkaram, Ranga Reddy district">Malkaram (village and ''panchayat'')
* Muchintal_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Nanjapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Narkhuda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Golkonda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Golkonda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Shapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Tupra_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Muchintal, Ranga Reddy district">Muchintal (village and ''panchayat'')
* Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Narkhuda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Shapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Tupra_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ramanujpur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*[ Nanjapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Narkhuda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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*Shamshabad_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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* Narkhuda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ootpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
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*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Tupra_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ramanujpur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Satamrai,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Satamrai_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shamshabad_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shankarapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Shankarapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Sultanpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Narkhuda, Ranga Reddy district">Narkhuda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Ootpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Palamakole,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Golkonda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Golkonda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Shapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Tupra_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ramanujpur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Satamrai,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Satamrai_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shamshabad_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shankarapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Shankarapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Sultanpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Sultanpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Tondpalli,_Ranga_Reddy_district.html" ;"title="Ootpally, Ranga Reddy district">Ootpally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Palamakole_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Golkonda,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Golkonda_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Shapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Shapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Pedda_Tupra,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Pedda_Tupra_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Ramanujpur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Satamrai,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Satamrai_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shamshabad_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Shankarapur,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Shankarapur_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Sultanpally,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Sultanpally_(village_and_''panchayat'')
*Tondpalli,_Ranga_Reddy_district">Tondpalli_(village_and_''panchayat'')
_References
_External_links
{{Neighborhoods_of_Hyderabad.html" ;"title="Palamakole, Ranga Reddy district">Palamakole (village and ''panchayat'')
*Pedda Golkonda, Ranga Reddy district">Pedda Golkonda (village and ''panchayat'')
*Pedda Shapur, Ranga Reddy district">Pedda Shapur (village and ''panchayat'')
*Pedda Tupra, Ranga Reddy district">Pedda Tupra (village and ''panchayat'')
*Ramanujapur, Ranga Reddy district">Ramanujpur (village and ''panchayat'')
*Satamrai, Ranga Reddy district">Satamrai (village and ''panchayat'')
*Shamshabad (village and ''panchayat'')
*Shankarapur, Ranga Reddy district">Shankarapur (village and ''panchayat'')
*Sultanpally, Ranga Reddy district">Sultanpally (village and ''panchayat'')
*Tondpalli, Ranga Reddy district">Tondpalli (village and ''panchayat'')
References
External links
{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad">state=collapsed
Villages in Ranga Reddy district