Editing Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act

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'''Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959''', enacted by the [[Parliament of India]] under the provisions of article 3 of the [[Constitution of India|constitution]], went into with effect from 1 April 1960. Under the act, Tirutani [[taluk]] and Pallipattu sub-taluk of [[Chittoor]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]] were transferred to [[Madras State]] in exchange for territories from the Chingelput ([[Chengalpattu]]) and [[Salem District]]s.<ref name="tnhist">[http://www.tn.gov.in/misc/histn.htm Government of Tamil Nadu &mdash; Tamil Nadu Secretariat &mdash; Brief History] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20070106185926/http://www.tn.gov.in/misc/histn.htm |date=2007-01-06 }}</ref><ref>[http://kanchi.nic.in/history.htm Historical Importance of Kanchipuram] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518021820/http://kanchi.nic.in/history.htm |date=18 May 2006 }}</ref>

A total of 319 villages from three different [[taluk]]s of Chitoor district and a small forest area were transferred from Andhra Pradesh to Madras State in exchange for 148 villages of Chingelput district and three villages from Salem district, together with certain forest areas.{{fact|date=November 2018}}

The parliamentary constituencies of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and the Chingleput and Tiruvallur in Madras were considerably altered by this exchange of territories. As the greater parts of Tiruttani and [[Ramakrishnarajupet]] assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh were transferred to Madras in exchange for a smaller area, which was constituted into one taluk by the name of [[Sathyavedu]], these two constituencies (one two-member and the other single-member) were replaced by a two-member assembly constituency of Sathyavedu. Consequently, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh was reduced from 301 to 300. Meanwhile, the Madras Legislative Assembly gained one seat, the total increasing from 205 to 206. A new assembly constituency called [[Tiruttani]] came into being in Madras and the extent and boundaries of [[Ponneri]], [[Gummidipundi]] and [[Tiruvallur]] assembly constituencies were considerably altered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.gov.in/Eci_Publications/books/genr/ThirdGenElection-Vol-I-62.pdf |title=Election Commission of India - Report on the Third General Elections in India, 1962 |access-date=2 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033546/http://eci.gov.in/Eci_Publications/books/genr/ThirdGenElection-Vol-I-62.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[States Reorganisation Act]]
* [[History of Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
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[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 1959]]
[[Category:Reorganisation of Indian states]]
[[Category:1959 in India]]
[[Category:1950s in Madras State]]
[[Category:1950s in Andhra Pradesh]]