Anantapur History

Anantapur offers some vivid glimpses of the prehistoric past. It is generally held that the place got its name from 'Anaatasagaram' , a big tank, which means "Endless Ocean". The villages of Anaantasagaram and Bukkarayasamudram were constructed by Chilkkavodeya, the minister of Bukka-I, a Vijayanagar ruler. Some authorities assert that Anaantasagaram was named after Bukka's queen, while some contend that it must have been known after Anantarasa Chikkavodeya himself, as Bukka had no queen by that name.
Anantapur is familiarly known as "Hande Anantapuram" . ' Hande ' means chief of the Vijayanagar period. Anantapur and a few other places were gifted by the Vijayanagar rulers to Hanumappa Naidu of the Hande family.
The place subsequently came under the Qutub Shahis, Mughals, and the Nawabs of Cuddapah, although the Hande chiefs continued to rule as their subordinates. It was occupied by the Palergar of Bellary during the time of Ramappa but was eventually won back by his son, Siddappa. Morari Rao Ghorpade attacked Anantapur in 1757. Though the army resisted for some time, Siddappa ultimately bought off the enemy for Rs.50,000.
It then came into the possession of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Tipu hanged all the male members of the Siddappa family except Siddappa who escaped from his confinement at Srirangapatnam. After Tipu's death, it was once again taken back by Siddappa. Siddappa submitted himself to Nizam because of the treaty of 1799, who took the total control of the area. He was later pensioned off when British occupied the territory

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Mega disappointment for Fans!





The swinging news on first multi starrer project in present Tollywood with ramcharan and Allu Arjun can now be safely put off. Yes, this would be a big disappointment for those who expected too much from Mega camp. The speculation was about the film of director Paidipally Vamsy with Cherry and Bunny from producer Vishnu Prasad (bro-in-law to Cherry) and PRP leader Ganta Srinivas Rao is declared as a big rumor.

‘will let u all knw if im doin a movie with bunny. for now its a rumor,’ answered Cherry for one of his tweeples. So, for the moment it is just the project of ‘Racha’ on cards that would be followed by Paidipally’s project which would have only ramcharan as hero with no Allu Arjun. We may need to wait few more years for the first multi starrer project in Telugu to see the light.
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