History

The District Court, Ongole was established in the year 1971. The District has 36 number of Courts, i.e., 8 District Courts, 8 Senior Civil Judge Courts and 20 Junior Civil Judge Courts.

Brief History of Prakasam District

With regard to the origin of the Name Ongole for the town the saying in that this area in and around Ongole was a hunting place for Rajas of YENDLURU a village situated to the North West of Ongole town at a distance of 8 Kilometers; and there was a Fort owned by the Kshakthriya rulers of Yendluru. They used to go for hunting on their way to Sea-shore at Kothapatnam and one day while they were on their hunting spree for hares in the area, the hares resisted the hunting hounds of the Raja and chased them away without falling a prey to them, this bravery of the hares attracted the attention of the Raja and they decided to establish a Fort and town in this area and constructed a town as their head quarter and they named it as VANGANI PROLU taking into consideration the unbending bravery of the hares. They constructed a Fort also there, in or about 1620. The name gradually changed into VANGAVOLU now calling as ONGOLE. There is also other saying that the area is with good number of cows and Oxen and as the cow and Oxe are the symbols of PRANAVAM or OMKAR the gift of Lord Krishna and Shiva, it is known as Om Govulu, as a pious and sacred place. The area to the East of the road leading from Bandlamitta to Addanki gate is even now called as Kota area.