Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)

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.

Andhra Pradesh
Āndhra Pradēś
Former State of India
1956–2014
Coat of arms

Map of the United Andhra Pradesh
CapitalHyderabad
Area 
 until 2014
275,039 km2 (106,193 sq mi)
Population 
84,665,533
Government
  TypeFederated 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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Andhra State
Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
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