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Municipalities are playing an important role in providing amenities to their inhabitants. Several studies were made on the local self-governing institutions in India in general and Municipal Administration in specific. The present study on Chittoor Municipal administration and its evolution as a municipality is largely based on primary sources available in the form of office files of the Municipality, administrative reports, minutes of the meetings of the Municipal Council, correspondence between the Municipality and Provincial Government, etc., preserved in the office of the Chittoor Municipality, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh State, Hyderabad, Tamil Nadu State Archives, Chennai.

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Dr. S.R. Saranya Kumar is working as Associate Professor in the Department of History, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati. He has over 14 years of experience in the area of History. His research papers were published in many reputed International Journals. He presented 15 research papers in International and National Conferences.

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