Mahboobnagar District

by MTW Friday, May 01, 2015 - 1

Mahboobnagar also known as Palamooru is the biggest town in the Mahbubnagar District of Telangana, India, 100 km from the state capital, Hyderabad. The district has a population of 3,513,934 of which 10.57% is urban as of 2001.

The largest towns in the district are Mahbubnagar, Narayanpet, Atmakur, Achampet, Gadwal, Wanaparthy, Jadcherla, Kalwakurthy, Shadnagar, Kodangal, Amarchintha, Makhtal, Alampur, Kollapur and Nagarkurnool.

History

Formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru, it was named Mahbubnagar on 4 December 1890 in honour of Mir Mahabub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD). It has been the capital of the district since 1883 AD. Mahbubnagar is bordered by the Tungabhadra River in the south and surrounded by the Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Raichur, Yadgir and Gulbarga districts. The Golconda diamonds, including the famous Kohinoor diamond allegedly came from Mahbubnagar district.

There are 57 Mandal’s in Adilabad district.

Addakal Gadwal Kothakota Peddamandadi

Alampur Ghanpur Kothur Talakondapalle

Amangal Ghattu Lingal Telkapalle

Amrabad Gopalpeta Maddur Thimmajipeta

Atmakur Hanwada Madgul Uppunuthala

Balanagar Ieeja Maganoor Utkoor

Balmoor Itikyal Makhtal Vangoor

Bhoothpur Jadcherla Maldakal Veepangandla

Bijinapalle Kalwakurthy Manopadu Veldanda

Bomraspeta Keshampeta Midjil Waddepally

Chinna Chintakunta Kodair Nagarkurnool Wanaparthy

Damaragidda Kodangal Narayanpet

Devarakadra Koilkonda Narva

Dhanwada Kollapur Nawabpet

Doulatabad Kondurg Pebbair

Farooqnagar Kosgi Pedda Kothapalle

Tourist attractions in Mahboobnagar

The major places of tourist’s interest are Mahaboobnagar, Wanaparthy palace, Kollapur palace, Gadwal, Bichupally, Manyamkonda, Shaneswaralayam, Mallela Theertham, and Alampur.

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