ANDHRA PRADESH

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Basic Facts about Andhra Pradesh

● Statehood: 1 November 1956

● Capital: Amaravati (de facto), Hyderabad (de jure)

● Number of District : 13

● Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan

● Chief Minister: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

● High court: Andhra Pradesh High Court

● Chief Justice: J. K. Maheshwari (Took Oath on 7 October 2019)

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 175

● Lok Sabha Seats : 25

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 11

Boundaries

The state is bordered by Telangana in the north-west, Chhattisgarh and Odisha

in the north-east, Karnataka in the west, Tamil Nadu in the south

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State Symbols

● The State Animal - Blackbuck

● The State Bird - Rose ring parakeet

● The State Flower - Jasmine

● The State Tree - Neem

History of Andhra Pradesh

● One of the most powerful empires of Medieval

India – “Vijayanagar Empire” prosperoused

on this region.

● After India’s independence in 1947, Nizam of

Hyderabad was apathetic to merge with

Indian union.

● The state of Hyderabad was hence captured

as per diplomacy of Ballabh Bhai Patel on

17 Sept 1948 by military operation named

“Operation Polo”.

● Andhra Pradesh is the first Indian state of

free India which was formed on purely

linguistic basis in 1953.

● मध्यकालीन भारत के सबसे शक्ततशाली साम्राा्योंमें से एक - "विजयनगर साम्राज्य" इस क्षेत्र मेंसमदृ्ध था।

● 1947 में भारत की स्वतंत्रता के बाद, हैदराबाद काननजाम भारतीय सघं में ववलय के ललए उदासीनथा।

● इसललए हैदराबाद रा्य को 17 ऑपरेशन 1948

को “ऑपरेशन पोलो” नाम के सनै्य अलभयानद्वारा बल्लभ भाई पटेल की कूटनीतत के अनुसारहालसल ललया गया।

● आंध्र प्रदेश स्वतंत्र भारत का पहला भारतीय रा्यहै क्िसका गठन विशुद्ध रूप से भाषाई आधार पर1953 में ककया गया था।

Geography

● Andhra Pradesh has second longest coast line

after Gujarat.

● The highest peak is Arma Konda which rises 1680

m above sea level. This is not only the highest peak

of Andhra Pradesh but also of Eastern Ghats.

● Krishna and Godavari are the major river system of

the Andhra Pradesh.

● This state is Eighth largest by Area and 10th

largest state by Population.

● Anantapur is the largest district of Andhra Pradesh

by area. East Godavari district is largest by

population.

● गुिरात के बाद आंध्र प्रदेश की दसूरी सबसे लंबी तट रेखाहै।

● सबसे ऊंची चोटी अरमा कोंडा है िो समुद्र तल से 1680

मीटर ऊंची है। यह न केवल आंध्र प्रदेश की सबसे ऊंचीचोटी है, बक्ल्क पूवी घाटों की भी है।

● कृष्णा और गोदािरीआंध्र प्रदेश की प्रमुख नदी प्रणालीहै।

● यह रा्य क्षेत्रफल के हहसाब सेआठिांऔर िनसंख्याके हहसाब से 10 िां सबसे बडा रा्य है।

● अनंतपुर क्षेत्रफल के हहसाब से आंध्र प्रदेश का सबसे बडाक्िला है। पूिी गोदािरी क्िला िनसंख्या के हहसाब सेसबसे बडा है।

● The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Andhra

Pradesh on April 11th 2019 for constituting the fifteenth Legislative Assembly in the state.

● They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election.

● Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party won the polls by winning 151 seats out of 175

seats, securing almost 86% of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Major Dams

● Nagarjuna Sagar Dam: Nagarjuna Sagar Dam built across the Krishna river forming boundary between

Telangana and Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh state.

● Srisailam Dam: Srisailam Dam constructed on the Krishna river at the border of Telangana and Kurnool

district of Andhra Pradesh.

● Prakasam Barrage: Prakasham Barrage across the Krishna river is located at the outskirts of Vijayawada

in Krishna district and the barrage also serves as a road bridge over a lake.

● Dowleswaram Barrage: Dowleswaram Barrage across the Godavari river in Dowleswaram was built on

the last stretch of the Godavari before it empties into the Bay of Bengal.

● Polavaram Dam: Polavaram Dam across the Godavari river is a multi-purpose irrigation project under

construction in Andhra Pradesh.

● Jalaput Dam: Jalaput Dam is built across the Machkund river near by border of Odisha and Andhra

Pradesh in Visakhapatnam district.

● Tatipudi Dam: Tatipudi Dam and Reservoir is located in Tatipudi of Vizianagaram and major source of

drinking water supply to the city of Visakhapatnam.

General Facts

● The vegetation found in the state is large of dry deciduous types with a

mixture of teak, Terminalia, Dalbergia, Pterocarpus, Anogeissus, etc.

● The estuaries of river Godavari and Krishna support rich mangrove forests

with fishing cats and otters as keystone species.

● The Minister of Tourism and Culture has issued a declaration of the

Telugu language as a Classical Language.

● The famous Ongole Bull looks similar to Nandi, the vehicle of Lord Shiva.

It’s said all the stone sculptures of Nandi in all temples are modelled after

the Ongole Bull.

● Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located on the banks of Sriharikota in the

Nellore District is one of the main attractions of the state.

● Telugu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, was described by

Englishmen as the”Italian of the East ” for its sweetness.

General Facts

● Andhra Pradesh is also called as Ratna Garbha of India. Its resources estimates to 110 M tonnes of industrial grade

minerals and 200 M tonnes of building materials.

● The famous diamonds Kohinoor and Pitt came from the mines of Golconda.

● Tummalpalle mines are rich source of Uranium.

● Mallikarjuna Swamy temple of Srisailam (Kurnool district) is one of the twelve Jyotirlings of Shiva.

● Mogarajapuram caves of Vijaywada containing idols of shiva and vinayak are good historic tourist spot.

● The magnificent Falaknuma palace of Hyderabad was built by NawabVikar-ul-Umra in year 1893. It was later

turned to a luxary hotel.

Dances of Andhra Pradesh

● Ghatna Mardala

● Natakam

● Burrakatha

● Buttabommalu

● Tappeta Gullu

● Kuchipudi

● Bhamakalapam

● Veeranatyam

● Sri Venkateswara National Park

● Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

● Mrugavani National Park

● Rajiv Gandhi National Park

● Mouling National Park

Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Andhra

Pradesh

● Coringa WLS

● Kawal WLS

● Kolleru WLS

● Nellapattu WLS

● Pulicat Lake WLS

● Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam) WLS

● Rollapadu WLS

Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Andhra

Pradesh

Famous Places of Andhra Pradesh

● Rajahmundry city, located on the banks of Godavari River is one of the main attraction

of the state.

● Sriharikota, located in the Nellore District is one of the main attractions of the state.

● Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located on the banks of Sriharikota in the Nellore District

is one of the main attractions of the state.

● Talakona city, located on the banks of Chittoor District is one of the main attractions of

the state.

● Mypadu beach in Nellore.

● Borra caves in Ananthagari hills near Vishakapatnam.

● Belum caves in Kurnool district-second

largest natural caves on the Indian subcontinent.

GI Tags of Andhra Pradesh

● Pochampalli Ikat

● Kondapalli Bommallu

● Tirupathi Laddu

Famous persons of Andhra Pradesh

● Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan second president of India and Bharat Ratna Award Winner.

● Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person.

● Tanguturi Prakasam – known as “Andhra Kesari”

● Alluri Sita Rama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion, Viplava Jyoti.

● Potti Sreeramulu – a revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh

● Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag

● Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – a founding member of Communist Party in India.

● Dr D. Subbarao -(IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He was appointed the 22nd Governor of

Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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