Raichur Doab

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The Raichur Doab is a

. The Raichur Doab is considered to be very fertile because of the sediments carried by Krishna & Tungabhadra rivers. The doab includes in Telangana. Some areas of Raichur doab also called as Nadigadda region became a part of Telangana during Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act in 2014.Those areas are Gadwal, Alampur and Maganoor. Gadwal is one of the 31 districts of Telangana State.

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Hatti Gold Mines: Situated in Hatti of Lingasugur taluk, is currently the only working gold mine in India. Evidently, it is one of the oldest mines dating back to Pre Ashokan times. During late 19th century, the gold mines were rediscovered.

Raichur Thermal Power Station at Deosugur, commissioned in 1986 was the first coal fired thermal electric power station to be established in the state. It accounts for 40% of electricity, generated in Karnataka.

Agriculture

Raichur Doab has the fertile tracts of deposits from

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Raichur district ranks first in Mosambi /Sweet Lime production in the state.[1]

Geography

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History

Raichur Doab is inhabited since the Prehistoric cultures.[2] The early village settlements during the Neolithic and Iron age are base for sedentary lifestyles in Raichur Doab, and they exhibit rich faunal ecology of the region through rock art.^[3] During ancient period, the region was part of Maurya Empire as its southern capital was Kanakagiri.

An edict of emperor

After Mauryan empire, the doab came under the control of

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Vijayanagar empire

. Forces of Vijayanagar empire under in 1565 CE.

During late 17th century, the region came under the Mughal Empire and then passed into the rule of their successors under Nizam of Hyderabad. It remained under the Hyderabad State until 1948 when the princely state was annexed by the Indian Union.

During reorganisation of states on linguistic basis in 1956, the eastern part of the doab, Gadwal was incorporated in the state of Andhra Pradesh (currently in Telangana). The remaining part of the doab that formed Raichur district was incorporated in Mysore State (Renamed as Karnataka in 1973). In 1998, a new district of four talukas was formed with Koppal as administrative headquarter.

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