Monday 25 February 2013

Andhra Aunty

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Andhra Aunty Details/Biography
Andhra Pradesh (/ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/) abbreviation A.P. is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the country's southeastern coast. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population, with more than 84 million inhabitants in 2011. Its capital and largest city, Hyderabad, is the fourth most populous city in the country. Andhra Pradesh is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha states in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, and the states of Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.
According to the Planning Commission of India, in the financial year 2011-12 the state was second in nominal GDP, and in GDP per capita it ranks fourth. Andhra Pradesh GDP in financial year 2011 was 5,67,636 crore (US$123.56). It is historically called the "Rice Bowl of India". More than 77% of its crop is rice; Andhra Pradesh produced 17,796,000 tonnes (19,616,732 short tons) of rice in 2006. Two of the mega cities of the state Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam were listed among the top 15 cities contributing to India's overall Gross domestic product.
Andhra Pradesh has third longest coastline of 960 km (600 mi) among all the states of India. Two major rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna, run across the state. The small enclave (30 square kilometres (12 sq mi)) of Yanam, a district of Puducherry, lies in the Godavari delta in the northeast of the state. The state comprises four regions: Telangana, Coastal Andhra, Uttarandhra, and Rayalaseema. The primary official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu[8] and the co-official language is Urdu. Other languages often spoken in the state include Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada and Oriya.
On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganization Act formed Andhra Pradesh by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Andhra State with the already existing Hyderabad State. The Marathi speaking areas of Hyderabad State merged with Bombay State and Kannada speaking areas were merged with Mysore State.
Capital - Hyderabad
 ¨ Languages- Telngu & Urdu
¨ The first state formed under state reorganisation on linguistic basis in 1953 Oct 1st
¨ Till 1956 Karnool was the capital
¨ Andra state was formed from Madras state
¨ The first chief minister of Andra -T. Prakasam is also known as Andra Kesari
¨ Hyderabad :- Old name Bagya nagar also Known as Hi Tec City
¨ The Twin cites of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are linked together by an artificial lake
¨ Hussein sagar
¨ Important Rivers - Godavari, Krishna & Thungabandhra
¨ Godhavari is the largest and broadest river of south India. It is also known as
¨ Vridha ganga and Dakshin ganga.
¨ Mahendra giri in eastern ghats is the highest peak in south India
¨ Importend places :- Thirupathi temple (In chittoor district)Golconda diomand mines(Pitt & Kohinoor Diamonds), Charminar (1591), Nehru Zoological park, Salarjung museum, Puttaparhi, Vajra Karoor Diomand mine Kolleru fresh water lake, Budha Statue on Gibraltar rock, Disney park(hyderabad) & Sea world (Vishakapattanam)
¨ Nagarjuna Konda (There is an amphi theatre) is an ancient Indian sight built by Ikshwaka kings
¨ Major Ports- Vishakapattanam
¨ Ship building yard and indian’s first submarine yard is also at Vishakapattanam
¨Thermal power sation - Ramagundam(biggest thermal power station) Kothagundam.
¨ Nagarajuna sagar dam is in krishna river.
¨ Poochampad project is in godavari
¨ Telungu ganga project launched to bring the krishna water to chennai for drinking purpose
¨ Buckinham canal is from Andra to Tamilnadu
¨ Andra is the leading producer of virginia tobacco
¨ Kuchipudi is the classical dance of Andra Pradesh
¨ Andra is the first state to start its on T.V. Channel (MANA)
¨ Nagarjuna Srisailam santuary is the largest tiger reserve in India
¨ Statellite launching station is at Sriharikotta
¨ National remote sensing agency is at Hyderabad
¨ Sardar Vallabai Pattel National police academy is at Hyderabad
¨ IPS officers are trained here
¨ National Institute of rural development is at Hyderabad
¨ The International centre for research in semi ARID Tropics, setup by UN is near Hyderabad
¨ Central Tobacco research institute at Rajahmundry
¨ National institue of Nutrition is at Hyderabad
¨ INS Kusrura - Naval museum at Vijayawada
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