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24 unusual facts about Andhra Pradesh


Anant Laxman Kanhere

He completed his primary education in Nizamabad (which was then also called as Indur ), and his English education took place in Aurangabad.

Avadhanam

Rallabandi Kavita Prasad - (Director, Dept of Culture, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, presently posted as secretary, Dharma Prachara Parishad (DPP), in TTD, Tirupati) has performed more than 500 avadhanams, including satavadhanam and dvisatavadhanam.

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) is a Law University located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India offering integrated B.A. LLB.

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

Subsequently, he was appointed a UGC Visiting Professor at the universities of Andhra Pradesh, Calcutta and Poona.

Dodda Krishnaraja I

This division, and the resulting loss of revenue from the rich maidān region of Mysore, made Sadat-ulla Khan unhappy and, in collusion with the rulers of Kadapa, Kurnool, and Savanur and the Maratha Raja of Gutti, he decided to march against Dodda Krishnaraja.

Dusi

Dusi, Andhra Pradesh, a village in Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Emani Sankara Sastry

Emani Sankara Sastry was born on September 23, 1922 in Draksharama, Andhra Pradesh.

Foundation For Excellence

Starting with academic year 2006-07, the company agreed to sponsor the education of 10 engineering/technology students from rural Andhra Pradesh.

Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu

He also held the cabinet post in the Ministry for Education, Forest and Higher Education and has a record of being elected for 6 terms to the State Assembly, a record held by him from Puttur Constituency www.putturtown.com and one term from Nagari After De-limitation, Puttur constituency is dissolved and it is merged with Nagari.

Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad

Gandhi Bhavan is the headquarters of the Indian National Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh.

Garimella Satyanarayana

Garimella Satyanarayana (Telugu: గరిమెళ్ళ సత్యనారాయణ) (1893 – December 18, 1952) was a Poet and Freedom Fighter of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Indian wine

Some of India's larger wine producing areas are located in Maharashtra, Karnataka near Bangalore and Andhra Pradesh near Hyderabad.

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located amidst Kambalakonda Reserve Forest in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Jwalapuram

Jwalapuram is an archaeological site in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, South India, which shows hominid habitation before and after the Toba event.

Kurli

Kurli, Andhra Pradesh, a village in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh state, India

Latur railway station

Several trains operate on a regular basis connecting to Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Nasik and Nizamabad, and many other major cities of Maharashtra.

P Chenna Reddy

Chenna Reddy (Dr. Pedarapu Chenna Reddy) born on 15 July 1959 at Anantapur.

Paritala Sunitha

Paritala Sunita is a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh representing the Raptadu constituency of Anantapur.

Places of interest in Vijayawada

## Amaravati: Amaravati in Guntur district, formerly called as Dhanyakataka and Andhranagari, is one of the most important Buddhist sites in the country.

Regent Diamond

In 1698, a slave found the 410 carat (82 g) uncut diamond in Kollur mine (more specifically in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India) and hid it inside a large wound in his leg.

Sarangapani

Sarangapani was a composer of Carnatic music who lived during the 17th century in the village of Karvetinagaram in Andhra Pradesh.

Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park

Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park is located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Thimmasamudram

Thimmasamudram may refer to any of the following places in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Visakha Museum

Visakha Museum (Full name: Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Museum) is a museum located in the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India which houses the historical treasures and artifacts of the Kalingandhra region.


Agamudaya Mudaliar

Agamudaya Mudaliar is a social group from the Agamudayar caste in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Aldas Janaiah

Janaiah was born in agriculturist family on 2 May 1964 to Aldas Janamma and Aldas Saidulu Goud in Mamidala village of Thipparthy Mandal in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Amos Sutton

By 1805, Baptist missionary society and later Amos Sutton under the auspices of Serampore Trio -- William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward attempted to preach Telugu-speaking people in northernmost parts of present Andhra Pradesh—adjoining areas to Orissa like Chicacole(present Srikakulam) and Vizagapatnam(present Vizag or Visakapatnam).

Andhra Mahila Sabha School of Informatics

The Andhra Mahila Sabha School Of Informatics is a school of informatics for women located in Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Balivada Kanta Rao

He was born in Madapam village in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh, he worked in various capacities as civilian officer in the Indian Navy.

Bandi Sailu

Bandi Sailu (1928 – 15 July 2000) or Sayilu Saayilu was a Marxist revolutionary born in a Dalit family in Mandapelli village, Duggondi mandal, Narsampeta Thalukh in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Brahmi script

The earliest definite evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu in Andhra Pradesh.

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

It was established in 2008 by an Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Act No. 32 of 2008), with the main campus at Visakhapatnam and two centers, at Kadapa and Nizamabad.

Dindi Reservoir

Dindi Reservoir is a medium water reservoir across Dindi tributary of River Krishna located near Dindi town in Andhra Pradesh.

Gujjula Ravindra Reddy

Gujjula Ravindra Reddy (born Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a former member of the state parliament of Brandenburg and former mayor of Altlandsberg.

Hanuman Jayanti

In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on Vaishaka Krishna Dashami (10th day of Krishna/Bahula Paksha in the month of Vaishaka).

Hanuman Junction

Hanuman Junction is a town which lies in border between Krishna and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh state in India.

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor District Andhra Pradesh is one of the 20 new IIITs approved by the Central, State Government & Industry with an outlay of Rs 2,808.71 crore, during 2010.

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit agricultural research organization headquartered in Patancheru (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) with several regional centres (Niamey (Niger), Nairobi (Kenya)) and research stations Bamako (Mali), Bulawayo (Zimbabwe).

International Paper

Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Rajahmundry, which is now an International Paper company, is one of the biggest integrated paper and pulp manufacturing centers in India.

Jignas

His superlative performance at the schooling age of 14 while studying class IX in Second South Asian Archery championship held in Jamshedpur has brought fame to the entire Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh archery fraternity and also to Volga Archery academy under international coach Lenin, who died in an accident while travelling back home along with

Jujjavarapu

Most of the people with this last name live in the west godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam also spelled as Kandukuri Veereshalingam (Telugu: కందుకూరి వీరేశలింగం) (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919), also known as Kandukuri Veereshalingam Pantulu (Telugu: వీరేశలింగం పంతులు), was a social reformer of Andhra Pradesh.

Krishna Telugu

Krishna Telugu ( Telugu: కృష్ణా తెలుగు ) or Vijayawada Telugu ( Telugu: విజయవాడ తెలుగు ) or standard dialect of Telugu is a type of Telugu dialect spoken in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh and often considered as standard dialect of Telugu.Telugu spoken in Tollywood movies is Krishna Telugu.It has sweetest accent among all Telugu accents of Andhra Pradesh.

Kurma

There are three temples dedicated to this incarnation of Vishnu in India, Kurmai of Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Kurmam in Andhra Pradesh, and Gavirangapur in the Chitradurg District of Karnataka.

Legislative council

India: The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) in seven of the twenty-eight Indian states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is located in Warangal of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Manavata

Manavata (originally called Chaitanya Bharat Youth Association) was founded on 19 October 1991 by Srinivasa Chowdary Alluri, a social activist, in Lolla, a remote village in the Godavari belt of the Andhra Pradesh state in South India.

Manna-Dora language

It is spoken by the eponymous Scheduled Tribe in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Mattu Pongal

Though the name of the festival is specific to Tamil Nadu, in India, it is also celebrated in other southern states such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Nehru Zoological Park

Nehru Zoological Park (also known as Hyderabad Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Nirmal Toys and Craft

Nirmal toys are traditional Indian wooden toys made in the town of Nirmal in the Adilabad district in the state Andhra Pradesh in India.

Old Godavari Bridge

The Old Godavari Bridge or The Havelock Bridge is a decommissioned bridge that spans the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Palle Raghunatha Reddy

Palle Raghunatha Reddy is a current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Andhra Pradesh, state in southern part of India, representing the constituency of Puttaparthi for the Telugu Desam Party.

Praja Rajyam Party

He launched his political party as an alternative to the ruling Indian National Congress and Telugu Desam Party in his native state of Andhra Pradesh.

Pushpaka Brahmin

There are similar Brahmin communities found all over India: like Niyogi Brahmins of Andhra Pradesh, Chithpaavan Brahmins of Maharashtra, Bhumihars of Bihar, Mohyal of Punjab or Tyagis of West Uttar Pradesh.

Rajyadhikara Party

Even after India attaining Independence from the British Raj in 1947, Andhra Pradesh state of India is governed till today either by Indian National Congress, dominated by one caste (5% of Andhra Pradesh population) of Forward Caste, or by Telugu Desam Party, dominated by another Forward Caste (3% of Andhra Pradesh population).

Ramarajulanka

Ramarajulanka is a village located in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India with a Ramalayam in Center of the village and a goddess Muthyalamma is located here and nearby to Chinchinada a very well constructed bridge connecting West & East Godavari districts.

Robert Wight

This collection consisted of specimens from around Madras up to Vellore and from Samalkota and Rajahmundry, now in Andhra Pradesh.

Rodda

It is a surname of many people of Reddy Caste in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Salihundam

Salihundam is a historically noted village and panchayat in Gara Mandal of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Snake Cell Andhra Pradesh

The organization is officially authorized by Andhra Pradesh Forest Department to carryout rescue operations and awareness programs in Andhra Pradesh.

South Zone cricket team

It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Suchandra

In response to his request, the Buddha gave the first Kalachakra tantra initiation and teachings at Amaravati, a small town in Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India, supposedly emanating at the same time he was also delivering the Prajna Paramita sutras at Vulture Peak Mountain at Rajgir in North India.

Tandur Test Range

It is spread over an area of 8000 acre of land and located in Tandur district of Andhra Pradesh, 135 km away from Hyderabad.

Tavernier Blue

The diamond was certainly Indian in origin and likely sourced by Tavernier at the Kollur mine in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Telangana Telugu

Telangana Telugu( Telugu : తెలంగాణ తెలుగు ) is a type of Telugu dialect spoken in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.

University College for Women, Koti

University College for Women is a constituent women's college of Osmania University, located in Koti, Hyderabad, AP, India.