Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
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Andhra Pradesh, retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh, Undivided Andhra Pradesh or Ummadi Andhra Pradesh, was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act, 1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of Telangana, Rayalaseema, and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation, Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State ruled by Nizam of Hyderabad, whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State, formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
This article is about a former state. For the present-day state, see Andhra Pradesh.
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Andhra Pradesh Āndhra Pradēś | |||||||||||||
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Former State of India | |||||||||||||
1956–2014 | |||||||||||||
Map of the United Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Capital | Hyderabad | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• until 2014 | 275,039 km2 (106,193 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
84,665,533 | |||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||
• Type | Federated state | ||||||||||||
Chief Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1956-1960 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (First) | ||||||||||||
• 2010-2014 | Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (Last) | ||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1956-1957 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (First) | ||||||||||||
• 2009-2014 | E. S. L. Narasimhan (Last) | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• State established | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
• State bifurcated | 02 June 2014 | ||||||||||||
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