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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... History of Andhra Pradesh (1947–2014) (7 C, 35 P) History of Andhra Pradesh ...
The present form of Andhra Pradesh is the same as that of Andhra State, except for Bhadrachalam town, which continues in Telangana. [81] A number of petitions questioning the validity of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act have been pending before the Supreme Court constitutional bench since April 2014. [82]
According to one theory, Kammanadu derived its name from the Gundlakamma River, which is a prominent river between the Krishna and Penna rivers in coastal Andhra. [4] "Kamma" in this context means a stream or river. [5] According to another theory, Kammanadu was the region between Gundlakamma and Pērakamma (the "big river", perhaps the Krishna ...
The entire region of Andhra contains a profusion of curious historical artifacts, rock art, stone age tools that describe the growth patterns in the region. [6] One of he earliest description of the people belonging to the present Andhra region though comes from the Buddhist sculptures at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. The locals here are ...
Āndhra Deśa Charitra Sangrahamu (in Telugu), Vishalaandhra Book House. [4] Āndhrasaṃskrti taraṅgiṇī (in Telugu), Published by Andhra Pradesh Government, 1976. [5] The two books Forgotten Chapter and History of Reddi Kingdoms deal with the immediate aftermath of the fall of the Kakatiya Empire, the former covering the history of ...
[2] [17] He is known by the title Andhra Ratna (or Jewel of Andhra). [2] [5] The Congress Party's headquarters in Vijayawada, the Andhra Ratna Bhavan, is named after Gopalakrishnayya. [18] [19] There are biographies of his by Chalapathi Rao and K Kutumbasastri. [20] [21] A bronze statue of his, unveiled by K Kamaraj, stands in Chirala. [5]
Andhra Pradesh is the seventh-largest state with an area of 162,970 km 2 (62,920 sq mi). [2] Politically, the state shares borders with Orissa to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the north, Karnataka to the southwest, Tamil Nadu to the south, Telangana to northwest and the Bay of Bengal to the east.
Visakhapatnam is a major metropolitan city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, and it holds the distinction of being the largest city in the state. The rich history of Visakhapatnam dates back over 2,500 years, with its present name potentially given by the Eastern Chalukyas king to their family deity Visakha in 1010 CE. [1]