Shahpura, Jangaon district explained

Quilashapur
Native Name Lang:te
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates:17.795°N 79.226°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jangaon district
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN

Shahpura (also known as Shahpur) is a village in Jangaon district, Telangana, India. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eaton, Richard M. . A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives . New Cambridge History of India . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 2005 . 155, 161 . 978-0-521-25484-7 . 2012-01-01.
  2. Book: Suvorova, Anna. Muslim Saints of South Asia: The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries. 22 July 2004. 3 January 2012. Routledge. 978-1-134-37006-1. 1.