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ANDHRA PRADESH HISTORY

ANDHRA PRADESH Telugu: , is

one of the 28 states ofIndia,situated on the

country'ssoutheastern coast. It is India's fourth

largest state by area and fifth largest by population.

Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. Andhra

Pradesh lies between 1241' and 22N latitude and77 and 8440'E longitude, and is bordered

by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the

north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to

the south and Karnataka to the west.

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH


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MAJOR RIVERS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Andhra Pradesh has thesecond-longest coastline of972 km (604 mi) among the

states of India. Two majorrivers, the Godavari andthe Krishna, run across thestate. The small enclave (30square kilometers (12 sq mi))

ofYanam, a districtofPondicherry, liesin theGodavari delta in thenortheast of the state.


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LANGUAGE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

The primary official language ofAndhra Pradesh is Telugu with Urdu acommon secondary official languagein some areas. Other languagesoften spoken in the state include

Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada,and Oriya. According to the 2001census, 10,281 personsin AndhraPradesh declare English as their firstlanguage.

On 1 November 1956, the States

Reorganization Act formed AndhraPradesh by merging Telugu-speakingareas ofHyderabad State with thealready existingAndhra State .

The primary official language ofAndhra Pradesh is Telugu with Urdu acommon secondary official languagein some areas. Other languagesoften spoken in the state include

Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada,and Oriya. According to the 2001census, 10,281 personsin AndhraPradesh declare English as their firstlanguage.

On 1 November 1956, the States

Reorganization Act formed AndhraPradesh by merging Telugu-speakingareas ofHyderabad State with thealready existingAndhra State .


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LANGUAGES OF ANDHRA PRADESH IN 2001

Telugu (84.77%) Urdu (8.63%)

Hindi (2.77%)

Tamil (1.13%)

Telugu and Urdu are the official languages of thestate,spoken by 83% and 8.63% of the population.

Major linguistic minority groups are Hindi(2.77%),and Tamil (1.13%).

Other languagesspoken in Andhra Pradesh by lessthan 1% each areKannada(0.80%), Marathi (0.74%),and Oriya (0.44%). Languagesspoken by less than0.2% of the population

include Malayalam (0.08%),Gujarati (0.06%), Bengali (0.05%), Gorkhali/Nepali (0.03%), Punjabi(0.01%)and Sindhi(0.01%).

The main ethnic group of Andhra Pradesh isthe Telugu people, who are primarily Dravidians.

Andhra Pradesh ranks tenth compared to all Indian

Statesin the Human Development Index scores[

witha score of 0.416.


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"RICE BOWL OF INDIA"

The total GDP of AndhraPradesh exceeds $100billion, rankingit third

among the states ofIndia It is historicallycalled the "Rice Bowl ofIndia". More than 77% of

its crop is rice; AndhraPradesh produced17,796,000 tonnes of ricein 2006


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ABOUT STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

State language -Telugu ()

State symbol - Poornakumbham ()

State song- Maa TeluguThalliki (

)by Sri SankarambadiSundaraachari

State animal - BlackBuck ( )

State bird - Indian Roller ()

State tree - Neem ()

State sport -Kabaddi ()

State dance -Kuchipudi ()

State flower -Water lily ()


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MODERN HISTORY

See also:Andhra State, Vishalandhra Movement, and Telangana Rebellion In Colonial India, Northern Circars became part of the BritishMadras

Presidency. Eventually this region emerged as the Coastal Andhra region.Later the Nizam rulers of Hyderabad ceded five territories to the Britishwhich eventually emerged as Rayalaseemaregion. The Nizams retainedcontrol of the interior provinces as theprincely state ofHyderabad,acknowledging British rule in return for local autonomy. However, KomaramBheem, a tribal leader,started his fight against the erstwhile Asaf JahiDynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad State.[Meanwhile,the French occupiedYanam,in the Godavari delta, and (save for periods ofBritish control) would hold it until 1954. India became independent from theUnited Kingdom in 1947. The Nizam wanted to retain the independence ofthe Princely Hyderabad State from India, but the people of the regionlaunched a movement to join the Indian Union. The state of Hyderabad wasforcibly joined to the Republic of India with Operation Polo in 1948

In an effort to gain an independent state based on the linguistic and protectthe interests of the Andhra (Telugu-speaking) people ofMadras State, PottiSreeramulu fasted until death in 1952. After his death, Andhra attainedstatehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool asits capital

On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganization Act merged the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad state with the Telugu-speakingareas of the former Madrasstate to form the state of Vishalandhra, which isnamed as Andhra Pradesh. The city ofHyderabad, the former capital of theHyderabad State, was made the capital of the new state.


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POPULATION TREND Census Pop. % 1961 35,983,000

1971 43,503,000 20.9%

1981 53,550,000 23.1%

1991 66,508,000 24.2%

2001 75,727,000 13.9%

2011 84,655,533 11.8%


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RELIGIONSOF ANDHRA PRADESH

The state is home to Hindu saints of allcastes. An important figure is SaintYogi Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami.He was born in theVishwabrahmin (goldsmith) caste andhad Brahmin and Dalit disciples. Fisherman Raghu was a Shudra saint. SaintKakkayya was achura (sweeper) Harijansaint.

Percent

Hinduism 89.01%

Islam 9.16% Christianity 1.7%

Jainism 0.05%

Sikhism 0.04%

Others 0.17%


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ANDHRA PRADESH TOORISUM

Belum Caves

Rishikonda beach

Borra Caves (stalagmitesand stalactites)

Araku Valley Cyber

Towers at Hydera

bad

Coconut fields

in East Godavari

Ethipothala Falls

Charminar

Talakona water fall

Golconda

seven gun bad


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