Wanaparthy is a town of

Wanaparthy district Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Wanaparthy. The district shares boundaries with Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool districts and with the state boundary of Andhra pradesh. ...

of Telangana, India. The first polytechnic college (KDR Government Polytechnic) in Telangana started in Wanaparthy. It is located 149 km from the state capital Hyderabad.

History

Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II is visiting

Raja of Wanaparthy Wanaparthy Samsthanam or Raja of Wanaparthy was a vassal of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He controlled the feudatory of Wanaparthy. It was one of the three important samsthanams, the other two being Gadwal Samsthanam and Jatprole Samsthanam. Histor ...

in 2008, who was a vassal of the

Nizam of Hyderabad 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 ...

. Wanaparthy was one of the 14 major Zamindari segments in Telangana in Post-Independent India. Raja died on 22 November 1922. As his successor, Krishna Dev was a minor, his estate was managed by the Court as his ward. Krishna Dev died before attaining adulthood and the crown passed on to his son Rameshwar Rao III. Soon after India abolished all regal titles.

Suravaram Pratapareddy Suravaram Pratapa Reddy (1896—1953) was a social historian from the Hyderabad State (now Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontine ...

entered politics from (INC - Indian National Congress) at the end of his life and was elected to the

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

Legislative he won the first general election and he is the first Wanaparthy M.L.A in 1952. After the formation of the Telangana Government, Wanaparthy is proposed as a district along with the other 14 new district proposals to the new government apart from the 10 existing districts.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, the town had a population of . The total population constituted males, females and children (age group of 0–6 years). The average literacy rate was 77.91% with literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%.

Notable personalities

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 ...

– Cabinet Minister, Telangana.(Agriculture, Marketing, Civil supplies, co-operation, consumer) *

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 from Telugu Desam Party ex-MLA for Wanaparthy constituency * Dr.Gillela Chinna Reddy – AICC secretary from Indian National Congress ex-Minister, MLA for Wanaparthy constituency * Raghavendar Askani – Politician from

Loksatta Party Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India, founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, a former I.A.S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. Since 1996, the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmenta ...

, Founder

Youth Parliament Program The Youth Parliament or Youth Parliament Program (YPP), an integral part of the Swatantrata Center, is a liberal public policy think-tank based in India which focuses on ideas and policies that cause human flourishment and India's Future Foundat ...

* Kiran Rao - Indian film producer

Wanaparthy Samsthanam

Wanaparthy Samsthanam or Raja of Wanaparthy was a vassal of

. He controlled the feudatory of Wanaparthy.

References

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