Vikarabad District in Telangana State, India is formed on October 11, 2016 with 18 mandals from erstwhile Rangareddy and Mahaboobnagar Districts Vikarabad is also known as Gangawaram(Ancient name) is a town named after 5th Amir of Paigah (1881-1902) and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umra Bahadur. Dharur and Ananthagiri hills were known as the mini hill stations of the Deccan. Paigah family was a noble family from the former Hyderabad State. The family maintained their own court, individual palaces, and a standing army of about fourteen thousand infantry and cavalry troops. Vikarabad had much natural beauty; hills and valleys, lakes and dense forests with abundant wildlife. “Hunting was a popular sport. But no outsider was allowed except Nizam and the Paigah family. The village of Machanapalli attracted lots of birds, including migratory birds and partridges. By 1898-99, the population of the newly founded town rose to 1029 - 441men, 269 women and 319 chi...
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