- NELLORE WAS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF VIKRAMA SIMHAPURI TILL 13TH CENTURY. THE DISTRICT HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE DURING THE EMERGENCE OF THE TELUGU LANGUAGE AND THE FORMATION OF THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.
- IT HAD BEEN UNDER THE RULE OF MAURYA DYNASTY, KHARAVELA OF CHEDI DYNASTY, SATAVAHANAS, KAKATIYAS, PALLAVAS, CHOLAS, EASTERN GANGAS OF KALINGA EMPIRE , TELUGU CHOLAS, PANDYAS AND OTHER DYNASTIES.
- THE CITY DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE TAMIL, “NELL” WHICH MEANS RICE, AS PADDY CULTIVATION IS THE PREDOMINANT OCCUPATION IN THIS REGION.
- NOTHING CERTAIN IS KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF NELLORE BEFORE THE TIME OF THE CHOLAS. THE NEOLITHIC AGE IN NELLORE IS MORE OBSCURE THAN THE PALEOLITHIC AGE.
- IT IS NOT CLEAR TO WHAT EXTENT THIS DISTRICT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE DRAVIDIANS. IT IS SUPPOSED THAT NELLORE WAS SITUATED IN DANDAKARANYA FORESTS INTO WHICH THE ARYAS FIRST PENETRATED AS ADVENTUROUS SAGES WITH THE RISE OF THE MAURYAN EMPIRE.
- NELLORE CAME UNDER MAURYAN INFLUENCE AND WAS PART OF THE ASHOKAN EMPIRE IN THE 3RD CENTURY B.C. IT WAS NEXT INCLUDED IN THE PALLAVA DOMINION BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND SIXTH CENtury A.D.
- BEFORE THE DISTRICT WAS TAKEN OVER THE BRITISH IT WAS RULED BY THE NAWABS. DURING THE BRITISH RULE THE DISTRICT WAS AT PEACE AND DID NOT UNDERGO ANY MAJOR POLITICAL CHANGES.
- THE PERIOD AFTER INDIAN INDEPENDENCE BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR POLITICAL CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT. UNTIL 1 OCTOBER 1953, THE DISTRICT WAS PART OF THE MADRAS (NOW CHENNAI) STATE BUT ON 1 NOVEMBER 1956 WHEN THE STATES WERE RECOGNISED ON THE BASIS OF LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES, THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH CAME INTO EXISTENCE. DURING THAT TIME NELLORE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF THE STATE AND POTTI SRIRAMULU, A TELUGU PATRIOT AND ACTIVIST HAD GIVEN A LOT OF EFFORT TO SET UP ANDHRA PRADESH.
- NELLORE IS A CITY, AN URBAN AGGLOMERATION, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND HEADQUARTERS OF POTTI SRI RAMULU NELLORE DISTRICT, FORMERLY NELLORE DISTRICT. IN THE SOUTH INDIAN STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.
- IT IS ABOUT 453 KILOMETRES (281 MI) SOUTH EAST OF STATE CAPITAL, HYDERABAD, LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE PENNA RIVER. NELLORE IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS PRODUCTION OF MICA (GUDUR), LEMON (GUDUR) AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS RICE AND IT IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR OTHER TEMPLES LIKE NARASIMHA SWAMY KONDA, JONNAVADA KAMAKSHI AMMAVARI TEMPLE, AYYAPPA TEMPLE, GOLAGAMUDI VENKAYA SWAMI TEMPLE, RAJARAJESWARI TEMPLE, PENCHALAKONA. NELLORE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR AQUACULTURE.
- IT IS ONE OF THE FASTEST DEVELOPING CITIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH
