Deepthi Jeevanji
Para-athlete (400 m T20)
b. 2003
Born hereπ Kalleda, Warangal district
Won the 2024 World Para Athletics title in a world-record 55.06 seconds.
π Arjuna Award, 2024π Paralympic bronze, Paris 2024π World champion, 2024
People of United Warangal, the old undivided Warangal district, who made their name in music, film, writing, the arts, sport and public life. Each card says how they are tied to the region and links to its source.
Para-athlete (400 m T20)
b. 2003
Born hereπ Kalleda, Warangal district
Won the 2024 World Para Athletics title in a world-record 55.06 seconds.
Ball badminton player
1918β2021
Lived & worked hereπ Warangal
Born in Krishna district; worked at Azam Jahi Mills and lived in Warangal until his death at 104.
First Arjuna awardee in ball badminton; captained Andhra Pradesh to nine national titles.
Chess grandmaster
b. 2003
Born hereπ Warangal
Learnt at BS Chess Academy, Hanumakonda, under his first coach Bollam Sampath. Grandmaster in 2018, Olympiad team and individual gold in 2024, and crossed 2800 rating in December 2024.
Chess grandmaster
b. 2004
Raised hereπ Warangal
Born in Hyderabad; spent his formative years in Warangal.
Became India's 70th grandmaster in 2021, at 17.
We list people only when a reliable source places them in the region. Still checking: athletics coach Nagapuri Ramesh (Dronacharya Award 2016), poet Potlapally Rama Rao, freedom fighter Akkinepalli Thirupathi, lyricists Kasarla Shyam and Mittapalli Surender, and older Padma awardees. Someone missing? Tell us with a source and we'll add them.
For the freedom struggle and the Telangana movement, see history.