26-12-2017, 04:56 PM
Andhra pradesh
*Capital - Amaravathi
*Formation - 1956 November 1
*Language - Telugu
*Festivals - Diwali, Dasra
*Rivers - Krishna, Godavar ,Tungabhadra
*State Animal - Blackbuck
*State Bird - Indian Roller
*State Flower - Lotus
*State Tree - Neem
*Andhra is the first State formed by linguistic basis.
*Andhra state was established on lstOctober
*1953. In 1956 Andhra was changed into Andhra Pradesh.
*The capital of Andhra state was Kurnool.
*M,K. Vellodi was the first chief minister of Hyderabad state.
*T. Prakasam was the first Chief Minister of Andhra state.
*Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*After the bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh has 13 districts, 25 Lok Sabha seats and 11 Rajya Sabha seats.
*Amaravathi is the proposed capital city area of Andhra Pradesh
*The South Indian state which has the longest coastline is Andhra Pradesh (2nd place in India)
*Andhra Open University is India’s first Open University. Now it is known as B.R Ambedkar Open University.
*Sriharikota is the only satellite launching station of India. It is situated in Potti Sreeramalu Nellur district of Andhra Pradesh.
*‘E. Corps ’ is the special team of Andhra police which was formed to prevent cyber crimes. Andhra Pradesh is the first Indian state to held e- cabinet.
Amarajeevi & Andhra Kesari
*Potti Sreeramalu died after a hunger strike demanding a separate state of Andhra.He is known as 'Amarajeevi'
*T. Prakasam is the first Chief Minister of Andhra. He is known as ‘Andhra Kesari’.
