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Srikakulam (Telugu - శ్రీకాకుళం) is a town, municipality and headquarters of Srikakulam district in the north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, India. With the same name there is a Srikakulam-municipality, "Srikakulam Assembly constituency" and a "Srikakulam Parliament Constituency". HistoryThis region of Andhra Pradesh was earlier a part of Gajapati Empire of Orissa up to mediaeval period.It was in the 'Kutubshahi' ruling in 1687 'chikakol' was a village and formed as fauzdhari-center for their money transactions for the areas of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, and some parts of Orissa. It was developed as town in the Muslim ruling,even today you can find more than 10,000 muslims living in this town following their culture,tradition and values. Srikakulam has also been head quarter for revenue collection under Nizam state of Hyderabad since 1707. Nizams of Hyderabad assigned Srikakulam, Rajahmundry, Eluru and Mustafanagar districts to French India in 1753. French imperialists were driven out from these districts by British imperialists in 1756 during Anglo-French wars. In 1759 the Fauzdhari ruling was ended and British ruling started, and Srikakulam town has been made part of Ganjam district and Palakonda and Rajam areas were included in Vizag district in the undivided Madras province. In 1936 the combined Madras-Orissa state was divided to Madras and Orissa and Parlakimidi Taluk was separated from combined Madras state, hence the Srikakulam was remained as Srikaklam taluk, srikakulam town as srikakulam municipality since 1857 under British rule. Srikakulam town as such was under the control of Kapila and Kapavarapu Zamindars until the abolishen of zamindari act. Kapavarapu zamindars contributed much to the upliftment of this area. We can still find many temples, lakes constructed by them. TTD kalyana mandapam and gandhi park are constructed by the land donated by Kapavarapu Zamindars. In 1947 after Indian independence, many including Potti Sriramulu fought for separate Andhra State. In 1948 many demanded for Srikakulam district as it was in combined vizag district. First 'chintada' village praposed as district head-quarter by some central leaders. It was on 17 July 1950, a representation was given by local congress Men to the then Revenue Minister on his visit to this area, and requested to select Srikakulam as District head-quarters. On 15 August 1950, at about 4.00 p.m. the district was announced with Srikakulam town as headquarters. Mr. Night was the then collector in the combined Vizag Srikakulam and Mr. Janab Shek Ahammadh appointed as first district collector for separated Srikakulam. On 3 January 1951, the first District Board was formed and Rokkam Laxmi Narasimha Dora was elected as president.
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Srikakulam municipality Town has a population of 109,666 (agglomeration 117,066) (2006 census). River Nagavali flows through Srikakulam town. There is also a historical old bridge on river Nagavaly in the town that was constructed by British colonial rulers around 1799 and still in use but restricted for light vehicles.There are another Two bridges one at Day & Night Junction and other for one-way traffic at Kottaroad junction. Srikakulam town is surrounded by many villages and people daily come for work from different sides by walk or by cycling, and it needs another walking bridge at Collector's Bunglow to facilitate good traffic for the walkers. Srikakulam town is located at (lat: 18o18' N, lon: 83o54' E). Srikakulam was also capital of Muslim kings. Ruined tombs of Muslim kings are still seen in Srikakulam town. This is the biggest municipality of the four municipalities of the district. It has the history of 150 years . At present it has 36 wards |
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 February 2008 ) |