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

Wednesday 1 June 2011

Nokia Manoj in full swing for UKUP






Nokia Manoj in full swing for UKUP
manchu manoj is to make a big impression with his grand re-entry. Upset with shoulder surgery which took long time to recuperate, Manoj is already busy with completion of ‘Mr. Nokia’ in direction of Anil Krishna with a tag line of ‘No Caption…Only Action’.  We have Kriti Kharbhanda and Sana Khan playing the lead roles besides Manoj. Besides this, there is one more film ‘Uu Kodathaaraa Ulikki Padathaaraa’ that is to be made on international standards. 
Rajasekhar Raju is the director while Manchu Lakshmi is producer and UKUP will be launched on June 6. This is going to be a socio fantasy film made with lavish settings from Bhupesh R Bhupathi and a socio fantasy backdrop of 19th century. Great to see young hero doing two films in parallel. Besides all these, Nokia Babu is also ready to loose his bachelor status in next year.
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