{"id":55183,"date":"2025-07-16T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55183"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:18:54","slug":"machilipatnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/machilipatnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Machilipatnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Machilipatnam Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being a dead dock town for ages, Machilipatnam is witnessing a revival with nearly 48% of the new Greenfield port at Manginapudi already completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Machilipatnam<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Machilipatnam, also known as <\/span><b>Masulipatnam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>coastal city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Krishna district of <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city is nestled on the southeastern or <\/span><b>Coromandel Coast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a flourishing port and a <\/span><b>prominent trading centre during the medieval period,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attracting traders from various parts of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city is also <\/span><b>famous for its handloom industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly for its <\/span><b>Kalamkari art.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kalamkari is a<\/span><b> traditional hand-painted or block-printed textile art <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">showcasing intricate designs and motifs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Machilipatnam <\/b><b>History<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city of Machilipatnam <\/span><b>came into existence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>era of the Satavahana Kings in the 3rd century B.C. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During that period, the city was <\/span><b>known as Maisolos and Masalia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They used this port as the gateway for their <\/span><b>sea trade.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>famous for Muslin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a thin, plain-weave cotton cloth. Perhaps, this was the reason why it was referred to as Masalia or Masulipatnam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the year <\/span><b>1478<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the place of Machilipatnam <\/span><b>came under Muhammad Shah Bahamani II.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later in <\/span><b>1515<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Sri Krishna Devaraya defeated the king,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after which the city was <\/span><b>captured by Orissa kings like Golconda King and Quli Qutb Shah<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But at the same time, <\/span><b>European traders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly <\/span><b>Portuguese and Dutch, established their trade centers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near the port.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thereafter, the <\/span><b>British <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">came to the port by <\/span><b>locating their factory in 1611.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masulipatam was the <\/span><b>first British trading settlement on the Bay of Bengal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Masulipatnam Fort<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>built by the Dutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the 17th century.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><b>1686 to 1759, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the city was h<\/span><b>eld by the French and Dutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, until it was <\/span><b>finally ceded to the British, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who captured the city and fort from the French <\/span><b>in 1759.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the entrance of foreign traders and <\/span><b>frequent wars and disasters, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Machilipatnam could not grow further. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">In the year <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">1779<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the city had to confront a <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">major cyclone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which almost 20,000 people were killed and the Dutch factory got damaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/economy\/logistics\/the-tide-turns-for-machilipatnam-as-ancient-port-is-set-for-big-revival\/article69811444.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THBL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machilipatnam, also known as Masulipatnam, is a historic coastal city in Andhra Pradesh&#8217;s Krishna district, known for its port and textile heritage. 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