Andhra State
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 | ||||||||
| Previously 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; [ˈɑːndʰrʌ raːʂʈɾamu]), created in 1953, was the official name of the State of Andhra Pradesh until 1956. The state was formed from Telugu-speaking districts of the erstwhile Madras State, which form two distinct cultural regions – Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra.
Under the provisions of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Telugu-speaking territories of Hyderabad State were merged with Andhra State, and its name was changed to 'Andhra Pradesh'.
These newly added territories would later form the state of Telangana in 2014.