1. IN THE NAME OF
ALLAH
ANDHRA PRADESH Telugu: , 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.
ANDHRA PRADESH HISTORY
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, a
nd 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 (0.4
4%). Languages spoken by less than 0.2% of the
population
include Malayalam (0.08%),Gujarati (0.06%), Ben
gali (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 (
State symbol - Poorna
kumbham (
State song - Maa Telugu
Thalliki (
by Sri Sankarambadi
Sundaraachari
State animal - Black Buck (
)
State bird - Indian Roller (
)
State tree - Neem ( )
State sport -
Kabaddi ( )
State dance -
Kuchipudi ( )
State flower -Water lily (
)
7. 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 British which eventually emerged
as Rayalaseemaregion. The Nizams retained control of the interior
provinces as theprincely 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
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. Fisherm
an Raghu was a Shudra saint. Saint
Kakkayya was achura (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 Araku Valley Cyber Talakona water
Towers at Hyder fall
abad
Rishikonda bea
Golconda Coconut fields
ch
in East Godavari
Charminar
Ethipothala Falls
seven gun bad Borra Caves (stalagmites
and stalactites)
