Karimnagar is a city in Karimnagar district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the administrative seat of Karimnagar district and Karimnagar mandal in Karimnagar revenue division.[4][5] It is situated on the banks of Manair River, which is a tributary of the Godavari River. The city is governed by municipal corporation and is also the administrative seat of the Karimnagar district. It has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.During the Nizam era, the name Karimnagar was named for a village by an Elgandal Qiladar, Syed Karimuddin.Kotilingala in Karimnagar district was the first capital of the Satavahana Kingdom (230 BCE220 CE). Formerly known as Sabbinadu, inscriptions dating to the Kakatiya dynasty (10831323) by kings Prola II and Prataparudra found at Karimnagar and Srisailam provide evidence of the area's rich history.[8] The history of the Karimnagar district began in the Old Stone Age around 1,48,000 BC. Archaeological excavations in Pedda Bonkur, Dhulikatta and Kotilingalu show that the area was once ruled by the Satvahanas, Mauryas and Asaf Jahis.It was previously part of Hyderabad State before 1 November 1956, Andhra Pradesh state till 2 June 2014 and became the part of newly formed state of Telangana by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
