Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II titled Raja of Wanaparthy as vassal of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Wanaparthy was one of the 14 major Zamindari segments in Telangana in Post-independent India. Raja died on 22 November 1922. As his successor, Krishna Dev was a minor, his estate was managed by the Court as his ward. Krishna Dev died before attaining adulthood and the crown pawas ssed on to his son Rameshwar Rao III. Soon after India abolished all regal titles. Suravaram Pratapareddy entered politics from (Indian National Congress) (INC) at the end of his life and was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative heHwon the first general election and he became first M.L.A. from Wanaparthy in 1952.
After the formation of the Telangana Gogernment, Wanaparthy is proposed as a district along with the other 14 new district proposals to the new government apart from the 10 existing districts.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of 60,949. The total population constituted 31,501 males, 29,448 females and 6,122 children (age group of 0–6 years). The average literacy rate was 77.91% with 42,713 literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%.[4]
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy is a ex-Cabinet minister, Telangana (Agriculture, Marketing, Civil supplies, co-operation, consumer)[6] and ex-MLA for wanaparthy constituency
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