 Vikarabad is famous for higher education institutes such as Sri Anantha Padmanabha College and Osmania University College Vikarabad for Self Finance.Vikarabad was founded and is named after the fifth Paigah Amir (Premier noble) H.E.Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umrah Bahadur, Sikander Jung, Iqbal-ud-Daula and Iqtadar-ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammed Fazaluddin Khan KCIE served as prime minister of Hyderabad State and Berar Province between 1893 and 1901.