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Q37
(IAS/2008)
Polity & Governance › Preamble, Union & Territory, Citizenship › State and UT reorganisation
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Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?
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Andhra State was formed on 1 October 1953 after carving Telugu-speaking areas out of Madras State, and its provisional capital was Kurnool. Contemporary accounts and official district sources state that Kurnool served as the capital of the newly created Andhra State, with the state high court located at Guntur during that period [2]. Following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State were merged with Andhra State to create Andhra Pradesh, and the capital was later shifted to Hyderabad [1]. Thus, Kurnool was the capital when Andhra State was made a separate state in 1953 [2].
Sources
- [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 6: Union and Its Territory > New States and Union Territories Created After 1956 > p. 56
- [2] https://kurnool.ap.gov.in/disaster-management/
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