Shahpura, Telangana

For other places with the same name, see Shahpura.
Shahpura
Village
Shahpura
Shahpura

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°47′42″N 79°13′35″E / 17.7951°N 79.2264°E / 17.7951; 79.2264Coordinates: 17°47′42″N 79°13′35″E / 17.7951°N 79.2264°E / 17.7951; 79.2264
Country India
State Telangana
District Warangal
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Shahpura (also known as Shahpur) is a village in the Indian state of Telangana. A hill-fort exists here which was occupied by the highwayman and bandit Papadu between around 1701 and 1710, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The fort endured a series of four sieges before Papadu was captured and executed.[1] A number of Sufi mystics were laid to rest in Shahpura between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.[2]

References

  1. Eaton, Richard M. (2005). A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives. New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 155, 161. ISBN 978-0-521-25484-7. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  2. Suvorova, Anna. Muslim Saints of South Asia: The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-134-37006-1. Retrieved 3 January 2012.


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