Andhra State
| Andhra State ఆంధ్ర |
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| Capital | Kurnool | ||||
| Government | Federated state | ||||
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| • | 1953-1956 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | |||
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| • | Established | 1 October 1953 | |||
| • | States Reorganisation Act, 1956 | 1 November 1956 | |||
Andhra State (Āndhra [IPA: [ˈɑːndʰrʌ]]) was a state in India created on 1 October 1953, from the Telugu-speaking northern districts of Madras State. The state was made up of two distinct cultural regions – Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra. The combined region was commonly called Raayala Seema Coastal Andhra or Raayala Seema-Andhra.
On 1 November 1956, the Telangana region (Hyderabad State) was merged with it to form the united Telugu-speaking State of Andhra Pradesh. When the present Andhra Pradesh State was created, some majority Telugu-speaking areas (e.g. parts of Kolar district) were included in Karnataka State and Gadwal and Alampur taluks were included in Mahbubnagar district of Hyderabad Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh. Historically, Gadwal and Alampur taluks were not part of Telangana. Telangana gained these two taluks being part of Andhra Pradesh when Rayalaseema lost its area to Karnataka. The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) recommended creation of Telangana State before merging with Andhra State after taking public opinion in the scheduled elections of 1961.
On 2 June 2014, Telangana State was separated back out of Andhra Pradesh. Now the residual Andhra Pradesh State has approximately the same borders as the old Andhra State of 1956. The residual Andhra Pradesh has lost Bhadrachalam revenue division which was part of Andhra State before 1956.
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