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 A sub-division is an administrative division of a List of districts in India, district in India. In some states (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) they are called Revenue Divisions. It is headed by a sub-divisional magistrate (also ...

. Sri Vendikonda Siddalingeswara Devastanam temple is situated in Siddulagutta Road in Shamshabad

. The

international airport An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports, and feature longer runways and have faciliti ...

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 Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I ...

II, Mir

Nizam Ali Khan Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah II (7 March 1734 – 6 August 1803) was the 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State between 1762 and 1803. He was born on 7 March 1734 as fourth son to Asaf Jah I and Umda Begum. His official name is ''Asaf Jah II, Ni ...

(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 Amir-e-Paigah-e-Asman Jahi, Moin-ud-Daula Bahadur Innayath Jung, commonly known as Sir Nawab Muhammed Moin Uddin Khan born at Basheer Bagh Palace in 1891 was an Indian nobleman and member of the Paigah Nobility and the Amir of the Asman Jahi P ...

, 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 Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

at Shamshabad by the name Umdanagar, which is part of the

South Central Railway South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka. It has three divisions under its administration, wh ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

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 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace Begumpet ...

, which began operations on 23 March 2008.

Metro station

Hyderabad Airport Express Metro The Hyderabad Airport Express Metro or Corridor IV was a planned Hyderabad Metro line from Raidurg metro station to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The total length of the line is . Hyderabad Airport Express Metro is fully funded by Governmen ...

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 Madanpally is a village in Ranga Reddy district in Andhra Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the L ...

(village and ''panchayat'') * Malkaram (village and ''panchayat'') *

Muchintal Muchintal is a village in Ranga Reddy district in Telangana, India. It falls under Shamshabad Shamshabad is a census town in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad mandal of Rajendranagar revenue division. Sri Vendikonda S ...

(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'')

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{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad, state=collapsed Villages in Ranga Reddy district