Darsi

Darsi
—  town  —
Darsi Location of Darsi in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	15°46′00″N 79°41′00″E / 15.7667°N 79.6833°E / 15.7667; 79.6833Coordinates: 15°46′00″N 79°41′00″E / 15.7667°N 79.6833°E / 15.7667; 79.6833
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Prakasam
Subdistrict(s)	Darsi
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 523247 • Telephone • +08407

Darsi is a town, Mandal (administrative division) and assembly constituency of Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[1]

Geography

Darsi is located on Addanki - Podili Road. it is 15°46′00″N 79°41′00″E / 15.7667°N 79.6833°E / 15.7667; 79.6833 in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. The town has a population of approximately 23,487^[2].

Darsi is the centre of a predominantly agricultural area^{[citation needed]}. Kurichedu, 20 kilometres away, is the nearest railway station, on the Vijayawada-Guntakal railway line in the Guntur division of the South Central Railway^[3][4] and the nearest major station is at Ongole, 26 kilometres away. The nearest major airport is at Hyderabad which is at a distance of 210 kilometres.^[2] There is a small, reportedly disused^{[citation needed]}, airport, Donakonda Airport, dating from the Second World War^{[citation needed]}, at Donakanda, some 20 kilometres from Darsi.

History

In the third and fourth centuries, in the early years of the Pallava dynasty, who originated from the Guntur region of Andhra Pradesh, Darsi was one of the major centres of activity in the kingdom^{[citation needed]}.

In the 18th century Darsi was known as Darsanapuram^{[citation needed]}. At that time the kings were buried on the hill at Darsi^{[citation needed]}. They are actually the rulers of Addanki & the surrounding area^{[citation needed]}.

Assembly constituency

Darsi is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,93,213 registered voters in Darsi constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:^[5]

• 1967- Ravipati Mahananda (Swatantra Party)
• 1972- Dirisala Rajagopalareddy (INC)
• 1978- Berre Gnana Prakasam (INC-I)
• 1983- Katuri Narayana Swamy (TDP)
• 1989- Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy (Congress)
• 1994- Narapusetti Sri Ramulu (TDP)
• 1996- Narapusetti Paparao (TDP)
• 1999- Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy (Congress)
• 2004- Buchepally Subba Reddy (Independent)
• 2009- Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy (Congress)

  Dirisala Ramanareddy was first Chairman of Prakasam Zilla Parishad in 1970 till his last days

References

1. ^ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/. Retrieved 2007-04-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.holidayiq.com/destinations/Darsi-Overview-4192.html
3. ^ http://apshm.ap.nic.in/Districts/PRAKASHAM.pdf
4. ^ http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/vijayawada_bangalore_pass-434-train.html
5. ^ Election Commission of India.APAssembly results.1978-2004