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Shermahammadpuram
Sign in to saveShermuhammadpuram is a village located in Etcherla mandal in Srikakulam district, northeastern Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located east of Chipurupalle, and west of Srikakulam (Chicacole). It contains the ruins of a palace built by a Mussulman governor who gave his name to the place. A 1922 publication stated that "there was a general failure of crops in Madugula and of wet crops in Shermuhammadpuram".
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Shermuhammadpuram is a village located in Etcherla mandal in Srikakulam district, northeastern Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located east of Chipurupalle, and west of Srikakulam (Chicacole). It contains the ruins of a palace built by a Mussulman governor who gave his name to the place. A 1922 publication stated that "there was a general failure of crops in Madugula and of wet crops in Shermuhammadpuram".
== History == Before 1947, Shermuhammadpuram was an erstwhile Zamindari of the British Raj located in Madras Presidency. The zamindari was prosperous and was second only to the Vizianagaram estate in paying a high amount of peshkush to the British government. The Rajas of Shermuhammadpuram were known and respected for their genius.
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