Shamshabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad mandal of Rajendranagar revenue division.[1] The international airport of Hyderabad is located here.

Shamshabad
Town
Novotel Hyderabad Airport Exterior
Shamshabad Location in Telangana, India Show map of Telangana Shamshabad Shamshabad (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 17.2603°N 78.3969°E / 17.2603; 78.3969
Country	India
State	Telangana,
District	Ranga Reddy
Metropolitan	Hyderabad Metropolitan Region
Founded by	Paigah
Named for	Shams-ul-Umra
Area
• Total	155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Elevation	574 m (1,883 ft)
Population
• Total	1,300,000
• Density	952/km2 (2,470/sq mi)
Demonym	hyderabadi
Languages
• Official	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	501218
Vehicle registration	TS-07

History

In former times the area was 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 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 race course in Shamsabad for his own. As happened with other locality names, Shamsabad too got corrupted and over the years came to be called Shamshabad.

There is a railway station at Shamshabad by the name Umdanagar, which is part of the South Central Railway, Indian Railways.

Geography

Shamshabad is located at 17.2603°N 78.3969°E / 17.2603; 78.3969.[2] It has an average elevation of 574 metres (1,886 ft).

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Shamshabad welcomes Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which began operations 23 March 2008.

Statue of Equality

Statue of Equality (Ramanuja) has been unveiled on 5th Feb'2022

Panchayats

There are 24 panchayats in the Shamshabad mandal.[3]

• 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

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