 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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