Lingasugur

Lingasugur, also pronounced as Lingasugūru, is a municipal town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are many Temples, hills and forts (Quila). The festivals of Muharram and Maha Shivaratri are important here. Mudgal in Lingasugur taluk has a very ancient fort. It has often been mentioned in the autobiography of Philip Meadows Taylor. Lingasugur, then known as Chavani was the site of a major British cantonment in the region.

==History== The town of Lingasugur grew from the Karadakal during the colonial era. Early medieval inscriptions have been discovered from nearby Karadakal and Yardona dating from Rashtrakuta period. The place then was known as Kardikalnadu (Karadakal), headquarter of region with 300 villages under its control. During the late 12th century, the headquarter was shifted to From Karadkal to Mudgal and hence this place lost its eminence, only to be revived in the 19th century. A cantonment site was built 1 mile east of the Karadkal, 2 mile north of the Kasbahlingasugur by the British. The region was under the dominion of Nizam of Hyderabad until 1948. Lingasugur was made a district for about 25 years in the late 19th century. The present day Koppal district, Sindhanur, Shorapur, and Shahapur taluks came under its jurisdiction. In 1905, the district was abolished and parts of it transferred to Raichur and Gulbarga districts.