Nizamabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Nizamabad District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the district. Nizamabad is the 10th largest city, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Nizamabad Town is one of 36 mandals in the Nizamabad district. It is located 171 kilometers north of state capital, Hyderabad.
Nizamabad is in the north of Andhra Pradesh in the district of Nizamabad. It has many towns like Bodhan, Armuru, Kamareddy and Banswada, In Bodhan town there is Nizam Sugar Factory. In early years it was the biggest in the Asian continent. Bodhan is a town with a mixture of people from many cultural and religious backgrounds, consisting primarily of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims as well as Christians and other religious communities. Once it was the capital at the time of the Rashtrakuta Empire.

Nizamabad History

Nizamabad was formerly known as Induru and Indrapuri. It was ruled by the king Indra Vallabha Panthya Varsha Indra Som, of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty, in the 8th century, and took its name from him. In 1905 the railway line between Secundrabad and Manmad was constructed. The railway station was named after then ruler of the Nizam state Nizam-ul-Mulk as Nizamabad. The railway line connects Hyderabad and Mumbai. It is like North-South corridor. The Nizam Sagar dam was constructed in the year 1923 across the Manjira River at the village of Achampet.

Nizamabad Tourism

There are many tourist spots in district, prominent among them are Nizamsagar, Pochampad, Pocharam, Alisagar and Nizamabad Fort, apart from places of religious prominence like Limbadri Narsimhaswamy temple, Lingappa Swamy Temple, Peddagutta.

Tourist places in Nizamabad
Pochampad dam
Siddulam Gutta Armoor
Alisagar
Nizamsagar
Yemcha
Nizamabad Fort
Saraganpur Temple
Mallaram
Tilak Garden In Nizamabad Town
Phulong Bridge
Asok Saga
Kandakurthi
Pochampad
Tadpakal