Vizianagram

Vizianagaram
City
Clockwise from Top Left: Clock Tower (Ganta stambham), Vizianagaram Fort Balcony, View of Vizianagaram Town, Writings of the great writer Gurazada Apparao , Vizianagaram Fort Walls, Replica of a steam engine at Vizianagaram railway station
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Coordinates: 18°07′N 83°25′E / 18.12°N 83.42°E / 18.12; 83.42Coordinates: 18°07′N 83°25′E / 18.12°N 83.42°E / 18.12; 83.42
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Coastal Andhra
District	Vizianagaram
Area
• Total	29.27 km2 (11.30 sq mi)
Elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	228,025
• Rank	192th (India) 11th (Andhra Pradesh)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	535 xxx
Vehicle registration	AP–35
Website	Vizianagaram Municipality

Vizianagaram is a city and district headquarters of Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters of Vizianagaram mandal. It is located 18 km inland from the Bay of Bengal and 42 km to the northeast of Visakhapatnam.

Vizianagaram was ruled by different Hindu emperors of Kalinga The area including Srikakulam in the north was integral part of the domain of Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi during the rule of Kubja Vishnuvardhana (624- 641). During his rule the Vengi kingdom had expanded from Srikakulam in the north to Nellore in the south. They patronised Telugu.[7] It was under the rule of Kakatiya Dynasty of Warangal during the rule of Ganapati Deva in 13th century CE. The area was overrun by the neighbouring Gajapatis for some time. The Vijayanagara empire fought several wars and ultimately drove out the Gajapatis. The area was under the rule of illustrious Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara Empire too. After a brief rule from Golconda, the rule of Nizam state of Hyderabad followed. Nizams ruled for the period 1707 to 1753. Srikakulam to the immediate north was the headquarters for revenue collection of Rajahmundry, Eluru, Kondapalli as well as Srikakulam district. The French defeated and ended the rule of Nizam in 1753, these all districts were thereafter part of French India in 1753. However French imperialists too could not hold their sway over here for a long time, and were soon driven out from here by British imperialists, during 1756 in Anglo-French wars. Thereafter the area was soon a part of British – Northern Circars