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

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Raju Sundaram to direct Pawan Kalyan!







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Pawan Kalyan, who usually does one or hardly two films a year, is currently on a mission to do as many as films he can. As soon as his Teenmaar hit the screens he has immediately jumped onto the sets of director Vishnuvardhan’s project tentatively titled as Shadow.
Pawan Kalyan also has signed up for remake of Bollywood hit Dabangg to be directed by Harish Shankar. Titled as Gabbar Singh, the film will be produced by his Teenmaar producer Ganesh Babu.
Pawan Kalyan has now signed up a new film, which will be directed by choreographer cum director Raju Sunadaram. He has already directed a Tamil film ‘Aegan’ earlier with Ajith and Nayantara in the leads. A noted producer will produce the project and other details regarding this film will be revealed soon.
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