Andhra State

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Andhra State was a short-lived Telugu-speaking state in independent India, formed in 1953 from the northern districts of the former Madras State and later merged into Andhra Pradesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Telugu-speaking state
former state of India
administrativeType Part A state of India
associatedMovement Andhra movement
associatedWithEvent Potti Sriramulu fast-unto-death
borderedBy Hyderabad State
Tamil Nadu
surface form: Madras State
capital Kurnool
chiefMinister T. Prakasam
country India
createdBy Government of India
createdUnderAct Andhra State self-linksurface differs
surface form: Andhra State Act, 1953
dissolvedOn 1956-11-01
establishedOn 1953-10-01
ethnolinguisticGroup Telugu
surface form: Telugu people
firstChiefMinister T. Prakasam
followedBy Andhra Pradesh
formedFrom Madras Presidency
surface form: Madras State
formedFromRegion northern districts of Madras State
governingSystem parliamentary system
governor Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
hasTerritorialContinuityWith modern Andhra Pradesh
headOfGovernmentTitle Chief Minister
headOfStateTitle Governor
historicalLanguagePolicy promotion of Telugu in administration
historicalStatus defunct administrative division
languageBasis Telugu
legislativeBody Andhra State Legislative Assembly
legislatureType unicameral
locatedIn South India
mergedInto Andhra Pradesh
mergedWith Telangana
surface form: Telangana region of Hyderabad State
namedAfter Andhra Pradesh
surface form: Andhra region
officialLanguage Telugu
partOfReorganization States Reorganisation of 1956
precededBy Tamil Nadu
surface form: Madras State
predecessorCapitalForRegion Kurnool
primaryReligionMajority Hinduism
reasonForCreation demand for a separate Telugu-speaking state
resultingEntity Andhra Pradesh
shortLived true
significance first state in India formed on a linguistic basis
subdivisionOf Union of India
surface form: Republic of India
successorCapitalRegion Hyderabad
surface form: Hyderabad (for Andhra Pradesh after merger)
timePeriod 1953–1956

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Madras Presidency successor Andhra State
Telangana (parts) mergedInto Andhra State
Andhra State createdUnderAct Andhra State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Andhra State Act, 1953
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam constructedBy Andhra State
this entity surface form: Government of Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
Chittoor district partOf Andhra State
this entity surface form: Andhra State (historical)
T. Prakasam associatedWith Andhra State
T. Prakasam residence Andhra State
this entity surface form: Andhra region of Madras Presidency
Andhra State Legislative Assembly legislativeBodyFor Andhra State
this entity surface form: Andhra State government
Andhra movement result Andhra State
this entity surface form: Andhra State formed on 1 October 1953
Andhra movement relatedTo Andhra State
Kurnool formerCapitalOf Andhra State
Northern Circars laterFormedPartOf Andhra State
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh previousName Andhra State
subject surface form: Andhra Pradesh