Shamshabad is a census town in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad
mandal
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...
of Rajendranagar
revenue division
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.
Sri Vendikonda Siddalingeswara Devastanam temple is situated in Siddulagutta Road in Shamshabad
mandal
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...
. The
international airport
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of Hyderabad is located here.
History
The area was previously known as Sedanti village, which was later renamed Shamsabad in reference to Shams-ul-Umra, the title bestowed upon "Abul Fateh Khan", Tegh Jung, Shams-ud-Daula, Shams-ul-Mulk and Shams-ul-Umrah ("The Sun among the Nobles"), who founded the
Paigah nobility during the reign of
Nizam II, Mir
Nizam Ali Khan (1762–1803). There was a time when the whole of the Shamsabad area were under the direct control of
Paigah, including the location where the new airport has been built, the entire Shamsabad village was granted to Nawab Shams-ul-Umara Bahadur as a reward. Nawab
Moin-Ud-Dowlah Bahadur Asman Jah, a leading
Paigah noble, built a country home on a hillock and a race course in Shamsabad for his own use. As happened with other locality names, Shamsabad too got corrupted and over the years came to be called Shamshabad.
There is a
railway station
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at Shamshabad by the name Umdanagar, which is part of the
South Central Railway,
Indian Railways
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.
Geography
Shamshabad is located at . It has an average elevation of 574 metres (1,886 ft).
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Shamshabad is the location of the
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which began operations on 23 March 2008.
Metro station
Hyderabad Airport Express Metro has a metro station planned at airport in Shamshabad mandal.
Panchayats
There are 24 ''
panchayats'' in the Shamshabad mandal.
Details of Telangana till Village Panchayat Tier
* Chinna Golkonda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Chinna Gollapally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Ghansimiyaguda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Hamidullanagar (village and ''panchayat'')
* Jukal (village and ''panchayat'')
* Kacharam (village and ''panchayat'')
* Kavvaguda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Kothwalguda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Madanpally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Malkaram (village and ''panchayat'')
* Muchintal (village and ''panchayat'')
* Nanjapur (village and ''panchayat'')
* Narkhuda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Ootpally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Palamakole (village and ''panchayat'')
* Pedda Golkonda (village and ''panchayat'')
* Pedda Shapur (village and ''panchayat'')
* Pedda Tupra (village and ''panchayat'')
* Ramanujpur (village and ''panchayat'')
* Satamrai (village and ''panchayat'')
*Shamshabad (village and ''panchayat'')
* Shankarapur (village and ''panchayat'')
* Sultanpally (village and ''panchayat'')
* Tondpalli (village and ''panchayat'')
References
External links
{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad, state=collapsed
Villages in Ranga Reddy district