Wanaparthy is a town in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana, India. Wanaparthy Samsthanam was founded by Veera Venkata Krishna Reddy in 1512 AD, after the Kakatiya kingdom declined. Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II titled Raja of Wanaparthy as vassal of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Wanaparthy was one of the 1…Wanaparthy is a town in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana, India. Wanaparthy Samsthanam was founded by Veera Venkata Krishna Reddy in 1512 AD, after the Kakatiya kingdom declined. Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II titled Raja of Wanaparthy as vassal of the Nizam of Hyderabad. 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 entered politics from the Indian National Congress at the end of his life and was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative.He won the first general election, and he became the first M.L.A. from Wanaparthy in 1952.
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