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     Dhonifan Comedian Username: Dhonifan Post Number: 1411 Registered: 12-2012 Posted From: 50.5.231.207 Rating: N/A |
A former republic, Paritala pines for Hyd August 19,2013, 10.49 AM IST inShare Villagers’ take on bifurcation Once part of the Nizam’s rule, the village near Vijayawada is split on bifurcation Poor do not want to lose rights on Hyderabad, while rest resigned to separation Poor say they would lose out on education and employment fronts, if Hyd lost It will take about 50 years to build a capital of Hyderabad standards, they contend Brief history of Paritala Paritala village was originally part of Jujjuru Khanan (region) of Krishna district The then Nizam retained it, while transferring Jujjuru to British on May 14, 1759 Paritala and other villages were known to have diamond mines then Paritala fought against Nizam rule and liberated as republic on November 15, 1947 Later, village elders held talks with Indian govt and merged it on January 26, 1950 The Paritala Republic was in force officially for one year and seven days http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2013-08-19/A-former- republic-Paritala-pines-for-Hyd-69732 |
