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Raichur ( Kannada: ರಾಯಚೂರು Rāyacūru [ ra ː jʌtʃu ː ru] ) is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka has 230,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). It is the administrative seat of the district of Raichur.

Raichur is located some 410 kilometers north of Bangalore in Karnataka in the northeast near the border of the neighboring Federal State of Andhra Pradesh. The city is located at an altitude of around 400 meters above sea level in the central part of the highlands of the Deccan in the so-called Raichur - Doab, the area between the two rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra. Raichur is located on a busy railway line between Chennai and Mumbai, on which there are connections to many cities of South India.

For the history of the city, the Fort Raichur plays a central role. In 1294, built by Gore Gangaya Ruddivaru, a minister of the king of Warangal, it was fought in the 14th century between the Vijayanagar Empire and the Bahmani Sultanate. End of the 15th century came Raichur to Bijapur Sultanate. After the defeat Bijapurs against the army of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1686 and Raichur was incorporated into the Mughal Empire in 1724 and came to the I. founded the Mughal governor Asaf Jah of Hyderabad State. During the British colonial era Hyderabad was a nominally independent princely state under British suzerainty. 1853 Hyderabad Raichur ceded to the British in 1860, but the city was returned to Hyderabad. One year after the Indian independence Hyderabad was annexed by India in 1948. Through the States Reorganisation Act Raichur came in 1956 in the structures created by the language barriers of the Kannada State of Mysore (1973 renamed Karnataka ).

The old town Raichurs extends north of the fort Raichur. South of the fort is an artificial lake called Aam Talab. Attractions of the city are the fort Raichur, including the 1470 -built Mecca Mosque and the Friday Mosque Dating from 1618, in the city center.