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| Settlement type | Municipality (Gurazala-Jangamaheswarapuram) |
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Gurazala is a town in Palnadu district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Gurazala mandal , Gurazala Assembly constituency and Gurazala revenue division. It was formed as a municipality combining two Panchayat's of Gurazala-Jangamaheswarapuram in 2020 by the government of Andhra Pradesh.The town has a history over 800+ years in the historical palnadu times(11th century) and served as the headquarters/capital of the region during that time.[1][2]
History
The battle of Palnadu took place between Gurazala and Macherla between 1176 AD – 1182 AD at Karampudi (Yuddabhoomi). Gurazala is capital of palnadu kingdom.[3]
As per Gazettee No. 939 of 26 January 2022, the old Guntur District, formed in 1904, was split into three districts – Guntur, Palnadu and Bapatla.[4]
Geography
Gurazala is situated at Template:Coord. It is spread over an area of Template:Convert.[5]
Governance
Gurazala nagar panchayat is the municipal body of the town.[6]
Notable people
- Nayakuralu Nagamma, minister of the Gurajala faction who led the army against Macherla faction in the Battle of Palnadu,[7]
- Kaneganti Hanumanthu, started the Palnadu Rebellion against taxes.
- Kavuri Venkaiah, a freedom fighter, started training institutes for teachers and free education for many poor people around the Palnadu area.[8][9]
Education
The village had 25 schools in 2018–2019, including one each of government, model, KGBV and state welfare residential schools; 11 private and 10 Zilla/Mandal Parishad schools.[10] Jagarlamudi Zilla Parishad High School is a district council funded school, which provides secondary education in the village.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook : Guntur (Part A). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh(2011). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ New Gurazala revenue division created. The Hindu(1 July 2013). Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Roghair, G.H., The Epic of Palnadu, 1982, Clarendon Press; Template:ISBN
- ↑ Palnadu District. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcensus - ↑ nagar Panchayat Identification Codes. Saakshar Bharat Mission. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Chicago Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-226-34055-5
- ↑ The Atheist, Volume 8
- ↑ Distinguished Acquaintances{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Desi Book Distributors(1976)
- ↑ School Information. Commissionerate of School Education. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ List of High Schools. Sakshi Education. Retrieved 5 May 2016.