The making of Andhra Pradesh (1953–1956)
Era: Andhra State & Andhra Pradesh
- Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
- Present-day state borders, for orientation
- Approximate extent
The two parts that were joined on 1 November 1956 to form Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra State was formed on 1 October 1953 from eleven Telugu districts of Madras State and three taluks of Bellary, with its capital at Kurnool. The Telangana districts of Hyderabad State (Hyderabad, Medak, Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda, Karimnagar and most of Adilabad) were joined to it in 1956, and Hyderabad city became the capital. The shaded areas are rough sketches, not surveyed boundaries.
Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: Andhra Pradesh district map (ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ పటము), Andhra Pradesh, Vol. 1, No. 1 (November–December 1956), p. 85 (opens in a new tab), Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1956 (Public domain in India). Attributions
Sources
- Inspector-General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, The History of the Andhra Pradesh Police (1861-1961) (opens in a new tab), Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 1961, pp. 250, 260. [Public domain in India]
- Madras Legislative Assembly, Prime Minister's Statement on the Establishment of Andhra State (Assembly debates, 2 April 1953) (opens in a new tab), Madras Legislative Assembly, 1953, pp. 823–825. [Public domain in India]
- Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ (Andhra Pradesh), Vol. 1, No. 1, November-December 1956 (opens in a new tab), Information and Public Relations Department, Andhra Pradesh (printed at Ajanta Printers), 1956, pp. 85. [Public domain in India]