Mahbubnagar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (December 2007) |
 |
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007) Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. |
| ?Mahbubnagar Andhra Pradesh • India |
|
 |
|
| Coordinates: | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 498 m (1,634 ft) |
| District(s) | Mahbubnagar |
| Population | 130,849 (2001) |
Coordinates: Mahbubnagar or Mehboobnagar محبوب نگر is a city in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar District. It is 100 km southwest of the state capital Hyderabad.
The district has a population of 3,513,934 of which 10.57% is urban as of 2001. [1] This is the most backward district in Andhra Pradesh.
Contents |
[edit] Mahabubnagar District
Mahabubnagar is the largest district in Telangana Region and the second largest in Andhra Pradesh State. This is also known as " PALAMOORU ". This district consists of 1553 Revenue Villages, 1347 Gram Panchayats, 64 Mandals and 5 Revenue Divisions. Mahabubnagar District has 14 Assembly Constituencies and 2 Parliamentary Constituencies.
It is located in the semiarid region of India with recurring meteorological drought (because of erratic and scanty rainfall) and worsened by overexploitation of meager groundwater resources. 90% of the people of Mahbubnagar district speak Telugu and rest of them speak Urdu.
[edit] Geography
Mahbubnagar is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[2] Mahbubnagar had a population of 130,849. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mahbubnagar has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Mahbubnagar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] History
For the none who still alive know it. Telangana forms the core of the Satavahana Dynasty (221BC-218 AD), Part of Chalukyan Dynasty in South India (between 5th and 11th century AD) and in the recent history, it formed the core of the Golconda State and Hyderabad State, ruled by Qutub Shahi Dynasty (1520-1687) and Nizam Dynasty (Asaf Jahi Dynasty) (1724-1948) until it was taken over by New Delhi in 1948. This region became independent and joined in the democratic India on 18th September 1948. Telangana constitutes 10 districts: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, Warangal, Khammam, Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Nalgonda, and Mahabubnagar districts.
Mahabunagar is southern district of Hyderabad state under Nizam and bordered with River Krishna in the south and surrounded by the Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Raichur and Gulbarga districts. Mahabubnagar town is located at a distance of 96-km from Hyderabad.
This place was formerly known as "Rukmammapeta" and "Palamooru". The name was changed to Mahabubnagar on 4th December 1890, in honour of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD). It has been the headquarters of the district since 1883 AD. The Mahabubnagar region was once known as Cholawadi or the land of the Cholas'. It is said that the famous Golconda diamonds including famous "KOHINOOR" diamond came from Mahabubnagar district.
It is very hard to understand the history of Palamoor as this region was always neglected by the rulers. And for most of the time, this region was ruled by very small regional rulers, Samasthans, Jamindars, Doras or land lords. More over, majority of Palamoor people always lived in poverty and slavery and Recording of History was never a priority. Nobody neither knows about their history nor they want to know it. Even today the people of this region struggle all their life for basic needs.
This region though found back in 220 BC is not a big one. It can be crossed by a four wheeler in just less than 10 minutes. If you really interested in history of this region you can go to pillalamarry just 2 miles away from Mahabubnagar town, where you can find so many bhuddist statues virtually broken away by moslem rulers. It could perhaps reflect a part of the history which this town saw. Talking about the district there are many ancient lost temples which you feel amazing to discover and you could even be the first to discover some mighty statues if you really have the knowledge of the ancient text. There were some rivers in past which were flowing across mahabubnagar but in the course of time rivers disappeared. Mahabubnagar suffered the worst Muslim rulers in past which you can see by broken temples which are reconstructed in Jetpole, Somashila, Kollapur and salleshwaram. Krishna river had just too many temples in past which were directly hit by floods in past and also hit by changing river direction which is a slow course. Jetpole have back water beside which you can see several lost temples. You can feel the severty of nature and untolerated nature of Muslim rulers in this region.
- There is nothing great about the present in Mahabubnagar. But past of Mahabubnagar was equally bad and had nothing to show us except the old statues which fall without response in unseen territory. The history of Mahabubnagar no-doubt had Buddhism with lot of historic Temples which are destroyed and at present you just have lost temples but not even one Buddhist temple is still alive in this territory. The best thing to see in Mahabubnagar could be destroyed or lost temples because no body see them you can be the first one to see the undisturbed history of the cruel past
[edit] Concern and development
The Mahaboobnagar District is located in the Central Part of Peninsular India. The agriculture activity is intensive and the groundwater resources are meager. The southern part is relatively plain and has irrigation facilities from the projects on Tungabhadra and Krishna Rivers. The western part is backward and agriculture is also poor. The Northern part receives relatively more rainfall and greener and the agricultural activity is intensive.
Drought is ever persistent in Mehboobnagar District. The people’s adaptive and coping strategies have become a way of life. Seasonal migrations for alternative livelihood opportunities have become a tradition for some of the people. There are various ongoing projects / programmes in the district to mitigate the drought and its impact on livelihood opportunities. There are various departments in the District actively working for improving the livelihood opportunities, namely District Water Management Agency (DWMA), District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) / District Poverty Initiatives Programme (DPIP), Department of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, SC / ST / BC corporations and other line departments.
The means for living by all human beings - some survive and some thrive. In space and time the livelihood opportunities and options vary, there can be various factors responsible directly or indirectly. Livelihoods in the rural environment are diverse and are vulnerable to shocks and trends like Climate Change and Variability. And also there are certain policies and structures existing for the sustainability of the livelihoods. In space and time Sustainable Livelihoods are result of reduced vulnerability and increased adaptability.
Agriculture is the main livelihood activity and people are traditionally involved in agriculture but there is need for them to adapt to the organic and sustainable agricultural practices. There is also need to give them better skills in on-farm and off-farm related activities for coping with drought. There is scope to explore traditional knowledge in agricultural practices. PTD can be tried to innovate locally suitable sustainable agricultural practices. Seed banks could be promoted for conserving the traditional indigenous seeds which are resistant to climate variability. A grain bank can be promoted for food security. Majority of the farmers are small and marginal, there is a need to provide additional livelihood opportunities for the farmers. There is also need to provide with knowledge and technology to improve the existing lands and to bring the fallow lands under cultivation. Providing advise on cropping – choice of crops and management practices. There is a need for better extension of services by the agriculture department. Need to improve or work for non farm based livelihood activities, improvement of natural resources to cope in lean season and for food security.
There is a need to revive the dairy sector. The milk production is directly related to availability of fodder. The farmers are well aware of the leguminous fodder, there is a need to encourage and provide seed and other inputs for fodder improvement. Options for breed improvement could be explored for better management of livestock.
More area can be brought under cultivation through water conservation measures and practices (reduced paddy cultivation, installation of micro irrigation systems, etc.). Open wells could be converted into recharge wells and there is scope for renovation of existing tanks to increase the capacity of the tanks. Under the ongoing watershed programme there is scope for development in the following sectors - fodder development, Agro- and social forestry, horticulture development, promotion of quality of seeds, promotion of Vermiculture, Sustainable Agricultural methods, non-farm livelihoods, and facilitation for silt removal from the village tanks for application in the dry lands.
The people in the villages are mainly dependent on agriculture as primary activity. As majority of the farmers are marginal and small, there is need for livelihoods diversification by the people. The people need to be provided trainings and skills for adapting to diverse trades. This would also provide additional employment opportunities. People are well aware of the developments in various fields, therefore it is easy for them to diversify and adapt to other livelihood options.
Alternative livelihood options need to be provided to the educated youth in the village. The women and youth in the village should be imparted trainings in Micro-enterprise development. For example youth could be trained on electrical repairs (motor winding and pumps) and servicing home appliances etc.
[edit] Religious Places
- Mahabubnagr Dt has got many important temples, Dargas, Churches
- Alampur: Famous Lord Shivatemple in Alampur, Mahabubnagar Dt .It is southern gate of srisailam.
- Umamaheswaram: Famous Lord Shiva temple in Rangapur, Achampet,Mahabubnagar Dt. It is northern gate of srisailam.
- Maddimadugu: Famous Lord anjaneya temple which receives thousands of the devotees every weekend.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mahbubnagar
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
In real terms Mahabubnagar suffered natural clamaties such as year long droughts, it been the same situation since from the past. As a matter of fact, every one aware that, for the development of any place there should be water source for the minimum use, but telangana religion is short of water. Because of the Muslim rulers mahabubnagar has the rail network for almost all the big cites. It is well connected with the road as well as rail network. Education given prefernce in this area during nizam's period, vanparthy has got the oldest diploma college. There are numerous buildings built by Nizam's, as result the uneducated peoples of Mahabubnagar found some stones and started praying it and transforming it into Temples, as if it as been built by some xyz in 200 century. To know about the true story of the formation of Mahabubnager the best thing to do is visit hyderabad central libray, where we can find some books..
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||
