Wanaparthy is a town of Wanaparthy district of

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 ...

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. The first polytechnic college (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 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 state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the ...

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 ...

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 – 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 fo ...

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 ...

ex-Minister, MLA for Wanaparthy constituency * Raghavendar Askani – Politician from Loksatta Party, Founder Youth Parliament Program * Kiran Rao - 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 ...

. He controlled the feudatory of Wanaparthy.

References

{{Authority control Mandals in Wanaparthy district Cities and towns in Wanaparthy district