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. ...

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. The first

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(KDR Government Polytechnic) in

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 – Politician from

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

ex-MLA for Wanaparthy constituency * Dr.Gillela Chinna Reddy – AICC secretary from

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

ex-Minister, MLA for Wanaparthy constituency * Raghavendar Askani – Politician from Loksatta Party, 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 Kiran Rao (born 7 November 1973) is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director who works in Hindi cinema. In 2016, Rao co-founded Paani Foundation, a non-profit organisation working towards the mission of fighting drought in Maharashtr ...

- Indian film producer

Wanaparthy Samsthanam

Wanaparthy Samsthanam or Raja of Wanaparthy was a

vassal A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain. W ...

. He controlled the feudatory of Wanaparthy.

References

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