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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (also known as N.T.R [1] [2]) served as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh for four terms, between 1983 and 1995. He was the first person to hold the office while not a member of the Indian National Congress, [1] while representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which he himself founded in 1982.
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC), officially Andhra Pradesh Raastra Roadu Ravaana Samstha, is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [3] Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of Vijayawada. [4]
With the support of 178–190 MLAs [a] and NTR's family, Naidu forced NTR to resign and formed his own government. This led to a division in the Telugu Desam Party , founded by NTR, splitting in two camps – Telugu Desam Party (NTR) (TDP (NTR)) and Telugu Desam Party (Naidu) (TDPN) – the former headed by NTR and the later by Chandrababu ...
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has had 24 Governors since 1953. The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level.
Andhra State (1953–1956) The Andhra State, a precursor to the modern state of Andhra Pradesh, was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement.The formation of Andhra State was made possible by the Andhra State Act, which was passed in the Parliament of India in September 1953.
In 1983, N. T. Rama Rao (NTR), a popular Telugu actor, established his Telugu Desam Party (Telugu Desam, meaning Land of Telugus) with the support of people's dissent arising out of frequent changes in chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He ran on a platform of "Telugu Pride".
Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada was established as University of Health Sciences by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and was inaugurated on 9 April by N. T. Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It started functioning on 1 November 1986. [72]
The NTR National Award is an annual award presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Cinema of India. [1] It is an honorary Nandi Award in the honour of N. T. Rama Rao , actor and politician who also served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh .