Vizianagaram,also known as Vijayanagaram,is a city and the headquarters of the Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the Eastern Ghats,about 24 km (15 mi) west of the Bay of Bengal and 40 km (25 mi) north-northeast of Visakhapatnam. The city has a population of 228,025 and was established as the capital of the Vizianagaram estate by Raja Vijayaram Raj from the Pusapati dynasty. The rulers had a notable role in the history of the region in the 18th century and were patrons of education and arts.
Lt. Col. Pusapati Vijaya Ananda Gajapathi Raju,better known as the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram or Vizzy,was an Indian cricketer,cricket administrator and politician.
Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga.Saripilli Dibbilingeswara temple,Jayathi Mallikarjuna Temple are the finest examples of ancient Eastern Ganga Dynasty built monuments in the district. The district is bounded on the east by the district of Srikakulam,north by Parvathipuram Manyam south by Visakhapatnam,Anakapalli,southeast by the Bay of Bengal,and west by Alluri Sitharama Raju district. It was formed on 1 June 1979,with some parts carved from the neighbouring districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam. The district is named after the princely state of Vizianagaram. In 2011,it was the least populous district in Andhra Pradesh.
Padmanabham mandal is one of the 46 mandals in Visakhapatnam District in India. It is under the administration of Bhemunipatnam revenue division and the headquarters is located at Padmanabham. The Mandal is bounded by Bheemunipatnam,Anandapuram mandals in Visakhapatnam District and Bhogapuram mandal in Vizianagaram District. Great freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju was born in Pandrangi village in this Mandal.Rajasagi Suryanarayana Raju,MLA Bheemili from 1972–78 is from this Mandal. Also Rajasagi Appalanarasimha Raju MLA Bheemili from 1985 to 2004 is also from this Mandal.
Maharaja Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapati Raju D.Litt. was an Indian parliamentarian and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Alak Narayanadev Gajapathi Raju and Vidyavathi Devi of Vizianagaram estate in Andhra Pradesh. He was born at Phool Bagh Palace in Vizianagaram.
Bhogapuram is a village in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Bhogapuram mandal of Vizianagaram revenue division.
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Poosapati / Pusapati was the ruling clan of the Northern Andhra region,Vizianagaram.
Maharajah's College,or M. R. College,established in 1879,it is an autonomous institution located in Vizianagaram,Andhra Pradesh.
Maharajah's Government College of Music and Dance is an educational institution in Vizianagaram,Andhra Pradesh,India. It is the first music college in South India.
The name is derived from its founder Raja Vijayaram Raj who established a sovereign kingdom by claiming independence from the Kingdom of Jeypore in 1711. It formed alliances with the French and British East India Company to conquer the neighbouring principalities of Bobbili,Kurupam,Paralakhemundi and the Kingdom of Jeypore. However,they fell out with the British and as a result were attacked and defeated in the Battle of Padmanabham. They were annexed as a tributary estate like other principalities and remained so,until their accession to the Indian Union in 1949.
Uma Gajapathi Raju is an Indian politician and a former member of Indian Parliament. She was born at Palghat,Kerala on 17 November 1953. She was educated at Madras University. She married Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju on 18 August 1971. They had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1989 and she married film maker Ramesh Sharma in 1991. Anand Ganapathi Raju died in 2016.
Tandra Paparayudu was an Army General of Bobbili who assassinated Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju I Raja of Vizianagaram,and committed his Royal suicide during the Battle of Bobbili in 1757,a significant historical event in the Princely state of Vizianagaram,the present day Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
This is a list of political families in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Vizianagaram fort is an early 18th-century fort in the city of Vizianagaram in northeastern Andhra Pradesh,South India. It was built by Vijaya Rama Raju,the Maharaja of Vizianagaram in 1713. The formal ceremony,while laying the foundation for the fort,was very auspicious as it represented five signs of victory. The square-shaped fort has two main gates,of which the main entry gate has elaborate architectural features. There are many temples and palaces within the fort and a victory tower. This alternative name is Pusapati.
Turner's Choultry is a Bungalow located in Jagadamba Centre,Visakhapatnam,India.
Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju Vijayanagaram Pusapati royalist,former minister,Chairman of Mansa Trust.
Calamur Chandrasekhara Sastri (1854–1887),sometimes Sastry or Sastriyar,was the first Principal and Professor of English and Sanskrit of the Maharajah's College at Vizianagaram from his appointment in 1875,developing it from a secondary school with four teachers into a graduate institution before his death at the age of 32 in 1887,with the support of the contemporaneously reigning Maharajas of Vizianagaram,Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju III and Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju. He was the first Indian principal of any South Indian college at the time.
Meesala Geetha is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. she won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election from Vizianagaram Constituency in Vizianagaram district on TDP ticket. She is a first time MLA.
Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a first-time MLA from Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency in Vizianagaram District. She represents Telugu Desam Party. She won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
