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Nellore also known as Vikrama Simhapuri.
Nellore is famous for Rice and Aqua culture.
There are many places of Historical importance
in Nellore, the Ranganayakula Temple on
the bank of the river Penna, the Udayagiri
fort, the Narasimha Konda, Penchala kona,
Venkatagiri fort, Mypadu beach,famous
rocket launching centre at Sriharikota,the
Krishnapatnam port, Nelapattu etc. Vikramsimha
Mahavir, Manumasiddhi Maharaj ruled this
Nellore town, with Simhapuri as its capital.
One of the writers of Mahabharatha in
telugu,'Kavi Brahma','Ubhaya Kavimithrudu'
writer kavi thikkanna, worked as prime
minister and Khadga Thikkanna as Defence
minister. During this period this state
flourished with highest paddy yield. That
is why it is called "nelli" an equivalent
word for paddy in tamil. In course of
time the name Nellivur is changed to NELLORE,
as was written in sthala puranam and history.
Nellore was the only Education Centre
in Andhra Pradesh during the British rule.
This area is
rich in particular kind of flint called
quartzite, out of which prehistoric man
made his weapons and implements. With
the rise of the Mauryan Empire, nellore
also seems to have come under its influence
and was part of the Ashokan empire in
the third century B.C. The district was
next included in the Pallava dominion
between the fourth and sixth centuries
A.D.With the dawn of the seventh century,
the political centre of Gravity of the
Pallavas shifted to the south and weakened
their power, the north. During the British
period, the district tasted the blessings
of settled peace, the only event of any
political importance being the sequestration
in 1838, of the Jagir of Udaygiri, owing
to its title holder's participation in
a conspiracy, engineered by the Nawab
of Kurnool, against the ruling power.
After the district came under the british
administration the jurisdiction of the
district did not undergo any major changes,
but for the transfer of Ongole taluk in
1904 to guntur district when it was newly
constituted.
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