Andhra State Āndhra Rāṣṭramu | |||||||||
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Former State 1953–1956 | |||||||||
 Location of Andhra State Āndhra Rāṣṭramu in India | |||||||||
| Country |  India | ||||||||
| Region | South India | ||||||||
| Before was | Part of Madras State | ||||||||
| Formation | 1 October 1953 | ||||||||
| Dissolution | 1 November 1956 (by States Reorganisation Act, 1956) | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Kurnool | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Federated state | ||||||||
| • Governor | |||||||||
• 1953–1956 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (First and Last) | ||||||||
| • Chief minister | |||||||||
• 1953–1954 | Tanguturi Prakasam (First) | ||||||||
• 1955–1956 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy (Last) | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | ||||||||
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Andhra State (IAST: Āndhra Rāṣṭramu; IPA: [ˈɑːndʰrʌ raːʂʈɾamu]) was a state in India created in 1953 from the Telugu-speaking northern districts of Madras State.[1] The state was made up of this two distinct cultural regions – Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra. Andhra State did not include all Telugu-speaking areas, as it excluded some in Hyderabad State. Under the State Reorganisation Act of 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking regions of Hyderabad State to form Andhra Pradesh.
- ^ "Map of Madras Presidency in 1909". 28 March 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2013.