Andhra State

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Telugu-speaking state former state of India

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Andhra State Act, 1953 1
Government of Andhra Pradesh (undivided) 1

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam → constructedBy → Andhra State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
Andhra State → createdUnderAct → Andhra State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andhra State Act, 1953
Telangana (parts) → mergedInto → Andhra State ⓘ
Madras Presidency → successor → Andhra State ⓘ