Vikarabad district

Vikarabad district, formerly known as Gangawaram, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Vikarabad is the headquarters of the district.Vikarabad is located in western part of telengana state.Vikarabad shares boundaries with Sangareddy,Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, and Ranga Reddy districts and the state boundary of Karnataka.

History

The ancient name of Vikarabad was Gangawaram.
Vikarabad was named after the fifth Paigah Amir H.E. Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umrah Bahadur, Sikander Jung, Iqbal-ud-Daula and Iqtadar-ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammed Fazaluddin Khan KCIE, who served as prime minister of Hyderabad State and Berar Province between 1893 and 1901.
Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umrah was the younger son of Nawab Rasheeduddin Khan Bahadur, Shams ul Umra, Amir e Kabir IÌI, Amir e Paigah IV and Co-Regent of Hyderabad. He built three palaces and mansions in Vikarabad, The Vikar Manzil Palace, Sultan Manzil Palace named after his eldest son and heir, H.E. Nawab Sultan ul Mulk Bahadur the last full Amir of Vicar ul Umrahi Paigah and the "Vicar Shikargah" which he later presented as nazar or offering to his brother in law and nephew, H.H.Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, the VIth Nizam of Hyderabad.
Sir Vikar's Jagir Vikarabad, Dharur and Ananthagiri hills where know to be mini hill station of the Deccan. He died in 1902 and is buried at the Paigah Tombs at Hyderabad.
Vikarabad is well known for producing highly skilled Real estate tycoons.

The district is spread over an area of. This district is bounded by Sangareddy district in the north, Ranga Reddy district in the east, Mahbubnagar district in the south and Karnataka in the west.

The district will have two revenue divisions of Tandur and Vikarabad. It is sub-divided into 20 mandals. Narayana Reddy Garu I.A.S. is the present collector of the district.