Andhra pradesh history

1. ANDHRA PRADESH HISTORY ANDHRA PRADESH Telugu :  ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ ,  is one of the 28  states  of India , situated on the country's southeastern 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 12°41' and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40'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

2. major rivers of Andhra pradesh Andhra Pradesh has the second-longest coastline of 972 km (604 mi) among the states of India. Two major rivers, the  Godavari  and the  Krishna , run across the state. The small enclave (30 square kilometers (12 sq mi)) of  Yanam , a district of  Pondicherry , lies in the Godavari delta in the northeast of the state.

3. language of Andhra Pradesh The primary official language of Andhra Pradesh is  Telugu   with  Urdu  a common secondary official language in some areas.  Other languages often spoken in the state include Hindi ,  Marathi ,  Tamil ,  Kannada , and  Oriya . According to the 2001 census, 10,281 persons in Andhra Pradesh declare  English  as their first language. On 1 November 1956, the  States Reorganization Act  formed Andhra Pradesh by merging Telugu-speaking areas of  Hyderabad State   with the already existing  Andhra State  .

4. 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 the state, spoken by 83% and 8.63% of the population. Major linguistic minority groups are  Hindi (2.77%), and  Tamil  (1.13%). Other languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh by less than 1% each are Kannada (0.80%),  Marathi  (0.74%), and  Oriya  (0.44%). Languages spoken by less than 0.2% 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 is the  Telugu people , who are primarily  Dravidians . Andhra Pradesh ranks tenth compared to all Indian States in the Human Development Index scores [ with a score of 0.416.

5. " Rice Bowl of India " The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh exceeds $100 billion, ranking it third among the states of India It is historically called the " Rice Bowl of India ". More than 77% of its crop is rice; Andhra Pradesh produced 17,796,000 tonnes of rice in 2006

6. About state of Andhra Pradesh State language - Telugu  ( తెలుగు) State symbol - Poorna kumbham  ( పూర్ణకుంభం) State song - Maa Telugu Thalliki  ( మా తెలుగు తల్లికి మల్లె పూదండ) by  Sri Sankarambadi Sundaraachari State animal - Black Buck  ( కృష్ణ జింక ) State bird - Indian Roller  ( పాల పిట్ట ) State tree - Neem  ( వేప ) State sport - Kabaddi  ( చెడుగుడు ) State dance - Kuchipudi  ( కూచిపూడి ) State flower - Water lily  ( కలువ పువ్వు )

7. Modern history See also:  Andhra State ,  Vishalandhra Movement , and  Telangana Rebellion In  Colonial India ,  Northern Circars  became part of the British Madras Presidency . Eventually this region emerged as the  Coastal Andhra  region. Later the  Nizam  rulers of Hyderabad ceded five territories to the British which eventually emerged as  Rayalaseema region. The Nizams retained control of the interior provinces as the princely state  of  Hyderabad , acknowledging British rule in return for local autonomy. However,  Komaram Bheem , a tribal leader, started his fight against the erstwhile  Asaf Jahi Dynasty  for the liberation of Hyderabad State . [ Meanwhile, the  French  occupied  Yanam , in the Godavari delta, and (save for periods of British control) would hold it until 1954.  India became independent from the United Kingdom in 1947. The Nizam wanted to retain the independence of the Princely Hyderabad State from India, but the people of the region launched a movement to join the Indian Union. The state of Hyderabad was forcibly joined to the Republic of India with  Operation Polo  in 1948 In an effort to gain an independent state based on the linguistic and protect the interests of the Andhra (Telugu-speaking) people of  Madras State ,  Potti Sreeramulu  fasted until death in 1952. After his death, Andhra attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with  Kurnool  as its capital On 1 November 1956, the  States Reorganization Act  merged the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad state with the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Madras state to form the state of Vishalandhra, which is named as Andhra Pradesh. The city of  Hyderabad , the former capital of the Hyderabad State, was made the capital of the new state.

8. 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%

9. Religions of Andhra Pradesh The state is home to Hindu saints of all castes. An important figure is Saint Yogi  Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami . He was born in the Vishwabrahmin  (goldsmith) caste and had  Brahmin  and  Dalit  disciples. Fisherman Raghu was a  Shudra  saint. Saint Kakkayya was a chura  (sweeper) Harijan saint. Percent Hinduism 89.01% Islam 9.16% Christianity 1.7% Jainism 0.05% Sikhism 0.04% Others 0.17%

10. ANDHRA PRADESH TOORISUM Belum Caves Rishikonda  beach Borra Caves   (stalagmites and stalactites) Araku Valley Cyber Towers  at  Hyderabad Coconut fields in  East Godavari Ethipothala Falls Charminar   Talakona water fall Golconda seven gun bad

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