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, 14 June 2011

MS Reddy’s remarks hurt Jr. NTR fans

Veteran producer and lyricist MS Reddy also known as Mallemala has written an autobiography named “Idee Naa Katha” which is sending tremors in Tollywood. This book consists of various experiences of MS Reddy and also his encounters with different people in Tollywood.



MS Reddy didn’t fear to expose the ‘dark side’ of few actors and directors in his book. He wrote that Jr. NTR is the most selfish person who doesn’t keep his word. Reddy said that NTR promised to do a film on his banner as hero but he never kept it. “I am the one who introduced him to silver screen with Ramayanam,” Reddy mentioned.



“I asked NTR Jr. to wait for few minutes as Subbirami Reddy came to visit me. We are in the middle of a story narration then. But he left without notice saying that his ‘range’ is so big to be kept waited. He is very arrogant,” Reddy fired. These comments are not going well with NTR fans. They are planning to burn off Reddy’s books as a result. NTR is yet to comment on MS Reddy remarks against him.
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