| 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.
Geologists assert that the early and middle palaeolithians
flourished in the coastal area stretching from Orissa to
South Arcot, particularly in the Cuddapah, guntur and Nellore
districts. 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.
The former Zamindaries in the district viz., (1) Venkatagiri,
(2) Pamur (part of the former kalahasti Estate) (3) Chundi
and alienated villages and (4) Mutyal- ampadu covering nearly
an extent of 3538 sw. miles (9163 sq. km.) were taken over
by the government during 1949 and 1950 under the Madras
Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948
and the Madras Estates Land (Reduction of Rent) Act of 1948.
During the decade 1941-51 there was a transfer of few border
villages between this district and Chinglepur district.
During the decade 1951-61 three villages viz., Krishnapuram,
Peddauyyalawada and Chinnauyyalawada of Ongole taluk, of
guntur district and Kotikalapudi village of Darsi taluk,
was transferred to Ongole taluk, of the then Guntur district.
The district formed part of the composite Madras State
till 1st October, 1953. On 1st November, 1956 when the States
reorganized on linguistic basis this district under came
Andhra Pradesh State.
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