Madanapalle is a city in Annamayya district and Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

[4] During the early British administration, Sir Thomas Munro, the first Collector of Cuddapah, played a significant role in the development of the town.

He constructed a small thatched house at the present-day location of the Collector's bungalow and visited Madanapalle every summer.

Munro’s connection with the town is well documented, as he facilitated British control in the region during the early 19th century.

Over the years, the town faced several natural calamities, including floods, famines, and epidemics, which shaped its social and economic development.

In 1919, Rabindranath Tagore visited the town and stayed at the Besant Theosophical College, where he translated the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, from Bengali to English.

Jana Gana Mana was originally written in 1911 and first sung at the Indian National Congress session in Calcutta on 27 December 1911.

The economy is based on agriculture and main products include tomato, mango, groundnut, tamarind.

These are supplied to all major cities in South India including Bengaluru, Chennai and all silk product towns for sales.

Madanapalle Road Railway Station (MPL) is situated on Dharmavarm - Pakala Branch line and all trains stop here.

The song enthralled the college students while Margaret Cousins, then vice-principal of the college (also an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet James Cousins), both requested Tagore to create an English translation of the song and set down the musical notation to the national anthem which were provided by Tagore himself.