Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II titled
Raja of Wanaparthy as vassal of the
Nizam of Hyderabad. Wanaparthy was one of the 14 major Zamindari segments in Telangana in post-independent India. Raja died on 22 November 1922. As his successor, Krishna Dev was a minor; his estate was managed by the court as his ward. Krishna Dev died before attaining adulthood, and the crown passed on to his son, Rameshwar Rao III. Soon after, India abolished all regal titles.
Suravaram Pratapareddy entered politics from the
Indian National Congress at the end of his life and was elected to the
Hyderabad State Legislative. He won the first general election, and he became the first M.L.A. from Wanaparthy in 1952. After the formation of the Telangana government, Wanaparthy is proposed as a district along with the other 14 new district proposals to the new government apart from the 10 existing districts.
Wanaparthy District was formed in 2016 when Telangana was reorganized. It was created from parts of the former
Mahabubnagar District. The late Sri Raja Rameshwar Rao of Wanaparthy established K.D.R. Government Polytechnic College (KDRGP Wanaparthy), which was launched by India's
first Prime Minister,
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, on the auspicious day of
Vijay Dashimi on October 11, 1959, the first Polytechnic College in the state
Revanth Reddy,
2nd Chief Minister of Telangana due to political consciousness learned in Wanaparthy. ==Demographics==