Did you know that Pingali Venkaiah lived in Nellore?
Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the Indian national flag, had a strong connection to Nellore. After India’s independence, he stayed in Nellore…
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24 years as sarpanch in Kogili, Nellore
Somarajupalli Raghavendra Rao of SPSR Nellore district has the unique distinction of being in power for a record 24 years,…
940 Village Panchayats in SPSR Nellore District
As per the latest available statistics, 940 village panchayats (gram panchayats) in the SPSR Nellore district are going for panchayat…
Nellore district tops in telecom revenues from AP
SPSR Nellore district with about 30 lakh population stood first in telecom revenues in Andhra Pradesh with annual revenue to…
Andhra Tagore from Nellore
Dr Bejawada Gopala Reddy of Nellore was popularly known as Andhra Tagore. Both Gopal Reddy and his wife studied at…
A Nobel nominee from Nellore!
Did you know that a Nellorean was nominated for Nobel prize? Yes, Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, a great modern Telugu poet…
Flying 5000 miles to nest on a neem tree near Nellore
It’s that time of year again. Winged guests started arriving on a neem tree in Vennavada village, Atmakuru Mandal in…
Unique scriptless language in Nellore district
Kulluru village in Kaluvayi mandal of SPSR Nellore district is the birth place of a unique language without script. Kulluru…
Who wrote the first autobiography in English?
Vennelakanti Subba Rao from the then Nellore district wrote the first ever autobiography in English language. This 120 page autobiography…
Mathematician Ramanujan meets Nellore district collector
The great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan visited Nellore, to meet the then Nellore district collector R. Ramachandra Rao (from 1910-1914),…