Mahbubnagar

Mahbubnagar was formerly known as Palamoor, meaning "land of milk" due to its milk production.{{cite web|url=http://mahabubnagar.nic.in/|title=Mahabubnagar-NIC|work=mahabubnagar.nic.in}} The name was changed to Mahabubnagar on 4 December 1890, in honour of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869–1911 AD).

Mahbubnagar was under Janapada rule by 6th century BCE, and later under Maurya territory. The region was at the core of the Satavahana dynasty from 221 B.C.E. to 218 C.E., and also a large part of the Chalukya dynasty from the 7th to the 11th century CE, also part of the Kakatiya dynasty from 11th to the 14th century CE, The region was later part of the Kingdom of Golkonda (c.  – 1512), with its capital city Golkonda located near Hyderabad.

In 1518, the region came under control of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, which reigned until 1687. The region was then a part of Hyderabad State, ruled by the Asaf Jahi Dynasty, from 1724 to 1948.

Mahbubnagar is located at {{Coord|16.73|N|77.98|E|}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/MahbubNagar.html |title=redirect to /world/IN/02/Mahbubnagar.html |work=fallingrain.com}} It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbubnagar is located at a distance of 98 km from Hyderabad, 130 km from Kurnool and 151 km from Gulbarga.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

{{Historical Populations

|source = https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

|1931|13300

|1941 |16462

|1951|23827

|1961|35588

|1971|51756

|1981 |87503

|1991|116833

|2001|139662

|2011|222573

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In 2011, Mahbubnagar had a population of 222,573{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/ |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2019-01-08}} It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Mahbub Nagar municipal corporation is the civic body of the city, which was constituted in 1942 as a third grade municipality. It was upgraded to second grade in 1959, to first grade in 1983 and finally to Special grade municipality in 2004 and got upgraded to Municipal Corporation in 2025. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|98.64|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Basic Information of Municipality |url=http://cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/Basic_information_Municipality.html |website=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department |publisher=Government of Telangana |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617190326/http://cdma.telangana.gov.in/MAHABUBNAGAR/Basic_information_Municipality.html |archive-date=17 June 2015}} Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar Municipal Corporation, census towns of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the out growths of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.

Mahabubnagar has an IT Tower, inaugurated in 2023, as part of KTR's mantra of ‘3-D’ (Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-17 |title=Telangana setting up IT hubs in five more tier-II towns |url=https://www.siasat.com/telangana-building-it-hubs-in-five-more-tier-ii-towns-2482161/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-06 |title=Telangana: IT Tower inaugurated in Mahabubnagar |url=https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-it-tower-inaugurated-in-mahabubnagar |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}

Corning is establishing a manufacturing location in the town.{{cite web | url=https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2023/06/corning-and-sgd-pharma-announce-joint-venture-to-open-new-glass-tubing-facility-and-expand-access-to-corning-velocity-vial-technology-in-india.html | title=Corning and SGD Pharma announce joint venture to open new glass tubing facility and expand access to Corning® Velocity® Vial technology in India }}

Mahbubnagar has a variety of educational institutions and a university named Palamuru University which gives affiliation to all colleges in the city and the united district of Mahbubnagar that includes the colleges of districts like Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet and Gadwal.

• Government Medical College, Mahbubnagar
• Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar

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• Jayaprakaash Narayana College of Engineering, Mahbubnagar
• Sree Nagojirao Institute Technology and Science for Women, Mahbubnagar
• Sree Vishveswara Institute of Technology and Science, Mahbubnagar
• SVS Medical College, Mahbubnagar
• SVS Dental College, Mahbubnagar

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The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road, railway and airway. National and state highways that pass through the city are NH 44, NH 167N and NH 167, State highway 20 and 23. TSRTC operates buses to various destinations from Mahbub Nagar bus station of the city.{{cite web |title=Bus Stations |url=http://www.tsrtc.telangana.gov.in/BusStations.php |website=TSRTC |access-date=20 May 2016}}

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is only 75 km from the city.

The city has 4 railway stations in serving with the presence of MahbubNagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.

• Jaipal Reddy – Outstanding Parliamentarian, Former leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
• Burgula Ramakrishna Rao – First elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State
• Pramod Mahajan – Former Union Minister
• Revanth Reddy – 2nd Chief Minister of Telangana
• Mallikarjun Goud – Former Union Minister
• D. K. Aruna – BJP National Vice President, Member of Parliament of Mahabubnagar Look Sabha
• Venkatarama Reddy – kotwal
• J. Rameshwar Rao – Former MP, Diplomat, Orient Longman Publishers founder
• Chitlem Narsi Reddy – Former Deputy Speaker of AP Assembly
• Jupally Krishna Rao – Minister
• A. P. Jithender Reddy – Former MP, businessman
• C. Laxma Reddy – Former Minister
• Gona Budda Reddy{{cite web |url=http://cckraopedia.blogspot.in/2013/01/gona-buddha-reddy.html |title=Encyclopedia in Telugu (Gona Buddha Reddy) |author=C.Chandra Kanth Rao |work=cckraopedia.blogspot.in}} – Poet and king (13th Century)
• Nagam Janardhan Reddy – Former Minister
• Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy – politician
• Ravula Ravindranath Reddy – politician
• Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – Lawyer and politician
• Suravaram Pratapa Reddy – freedom fighter and writer
• Goreti Venkanna – writer and singer
• Tejaswini Manogna – Miss Earth India 2019
• Manda Jagannath – Former MP
• Kapilavai Lingamurthy – Poet and writer
• Raghavendar Askani – activist, social entrepreneur

{{Weather box

| location = Mahbubnagar (1991–2020, extremes 1952–2020)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| width = auto

| Jan record high C = 36.8

| Feb record high C = 40.3

| Mar record high C = 42.3

| Apr record high C = 45.3

| May record high C = 45.3

| Jun record high C = 44.8

| Jul record high C = 38.3

| Aug record high C = 37.5

| Sep record high C = 37.2

| Oct record high C = 37.6

| Nov record high C = 37.2

| Dec record high C = 36.3

| year record high C = 45.3

| Jan high C = 31.4

| Feb high C = 34.1

| Mar high C = 37.4

| Apr high C = 39.4

| May high C = 40.1

| Jun high C = 34.7

| Jul high C = 31.6

| Aug high C = 30.4

| Sep high C = 31.2

| Oct high C = 31.7

| Nov high C = 31.6

| Dec high C = 30.7

| year high C = 33.7

| Jan low C = 17.2

| Feb low C = 19.4

| Mar low C = 22.8

| Apr low C = 25.7

| May low C = 27.3

| Jun low C = 24.8

| Jul low C = 23.7

| Aug low C = 23.0

| Sep low C = 22.9

| Oct low C = 21.6

| Nov low C = 19.4

| Dec low C = 17.0

| year low C = 22.0

| Jan record low C = 10.1

| Feb record low C = 11.6

| Mar record low C = 15.4

| Apr record low C = 16.6

| May record low C = 19.1

| Jun record low C = 20.1

| Jul record low C = 18.6

| Aug record low C = 20.0

| Sep record low C = 18.5

| Oct record low C = 13.4

| Nov record low C = 11.3

| Dec record low C = 10.5

| year record low C = 10.1

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 3.1

| Feb rain mm = 6.3

| Mar rain mm = 3.9

| Apr rain mm = 26.4

| May rain mm = 41.5

| Jun rain mm = 105.8

| Jul rain mm = 148.7

| Aug rain mm = 182.8

| Sep rain mm = 146.0

| Oct rain mm = 97.2

| Nov rain mm = 11.2

| Dec rain mm = 1.8

| year rain mm = 774.6

| Jan rain days = 0.2

| Feb rain days = 0.3

| Mar rain days = 0.6

| Apr rain days = 1.8

| May rain days = 2.6

| Jun rain days = 7.5

| Jul rain days = 10.8

| Aug rain days = 11.5

| Sep rain days = 8.8

| Oct rain days = 5.2

| Nov rain days = 0.8

| Dec rain days = 0.2

| year rain days = 50.3

| time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 39

| Feb humidity = 32

| Mar humidity = 29

| Apr humidity = 33

| May humidity = 36

| Jun humidity = 54

| Jul humidity = 67

| Aug humidity = 72

| Sep humidity = 71

| Oct humidity = 65

| Nov humidity = 52

| Dec humidity = 43

| year humidity = 49

| source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf

| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| access-date = April 8, 2024

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