Thotapally is a developed village in
Bejjanki
Bejjanki is a mandal in Siddipet district of the Indian state of Telangana. It consists of 25 villages.
History
Bejjanki is a mandal in the newly formed district of Siddipet. It was previously part of Karimnagar district. Bejjanki was divided ...
Mandal in
Siddipet district
Siddipet district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Siddipet. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region( Markook Mulugu Wargal) The district shares b ...
of
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...
, India.
It has a library, a sub post office, a primary school, a secondary school, a hospital, a telephone exchange, an Indian bank, and an
Electrical Substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and ...
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Notable people
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Party TRS
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T. Harish Rao
Thaneeru Harish Rao (born 3 June 1972) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical - Health and Finance Department of Telangana since 08 September 2019. He is MLA from Siddipet constituency from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party ...
, Former Irrigation Minister of Telangana and MLA Of Siddipet. He was born in Thotapally village. He completed his graduation, after which he entered into politics followed by the KCR. Now he is the dynamic leader in India.
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Freedom Fighter
Boinapally Venkatarama Rao is freedom fighter popularly known as Karimnagar Gandhi and "Bo Ve Ra" "బొ వె రా". He was born in Thotapally Village Mandal on September 2, 1920. He actively participated in Independence struggle Quit India movement Gram Swaraj Vandematharam and Library Movement. He donated his seven acres of land to the poor while participating Bhudan Movement.
Rao was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology. He was very much attracted to Gandhian ideology of Satyagraha, nonviolence and peace after meeting Gandhi at Kazipet Railway Station in Warangal in 1945. He operated night schools to offer education to rural men and women and conducted remarriages to several widows in Karimnagar district. Similarly, he had worked hard for abolishing social menaces: bonded labour, caste system, dowries and child marriages. He was fondly called as Thotapalli Gandhi, Karimnagar Gandhi and Telangana Gandhi.
External links
* http://wikimapia.org/15745478/Thotapally-Bejjanki-M-Karimnagar-D
Villages in Siddipet district
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