Mahbubnagar district History

Mahbubnagar district has a good history. It is very old citi. Between 1553 and 1704 Pedda Veera Reddy, Peddanna Bhupaludu, Sarga Reddy, Veera Reddy and Kumara Veera Reddy ruled here. The “Maharaja” died on 22nd November 1922. He was survived by two sons, Krishna Dev Rao and Ram Dev Rao. Recently this family represented in the Indian government after Independence. This family is also associated with the Orient Longman Group. A famous polytechnic college in the region, KDR Government Polytechnic is now housed in the erstwhile Wanaparthi Raja’s Palace. The young Raja was given the ruling power by the Nizam when he ascended the ‘Gaddi’ he dropped his name of Navanita Krishna Yachandra and adopted that of Raja Venkat Laxman Rao Bahadur. The Raja died in 1929 leaving two daughters and his Rani. After 1947 it was in Andhra Pradesh as District.