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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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