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{{short description|Former state in India with Hyderabad as its capital}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}

{{About|a former state|the present-day state|Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Andhra Pradesh
|status_text = Former [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[India]]
|era =
|year_start = 1956
|date_start = 1 November
|event_start= State established
|year_end = 2014
|date_end = 2 June
|event_end= State reorganised
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 = Andhra State
|p2 = Hyderabad State (1948-1956)
|s1 = Andhra Pradesh
|s2 = Telangana
|flag_p1 =
|flag_p2 = Emblem of Hyderabad State (1948–1956).png
|flag_s1 = Andhraseal.png
|flag_s2 = Government_of_Telangana_Logo.png
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = File:India administrative map 1956 PL.png
|image_map_caption = Map of India showing the United Andhra Pradesh just after the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]
|stat_area1 =
|stat_year1 =
|stat_pop1 =
|footnotes =
}}
'''Andhra Pradesh''', retrospectively referred to as either '''United Andhra Pradesh''' or '''Undivided Andhra Pradesh''', was a state in [[India]] formed by [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]] with [[Hyderabad]] as its capital and was reorganised by [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014]]. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of [[Telangana]], [[Rayalseema]] and [[Coastal Andhra]]. Telangana was part of [[Hyderabad State]] formerly ruled by [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], where as Rayalseema and Coastal Andhra were part of [[Andhra State]] which was again formerly part of [[Madras state]] ruled by [[British Raj]].

==History==
{{main|Telangana movement}}
[[File:Andhra Pradesh Landesteile.svg|thumb|Map of the United Andhra Pradesh]]
In an effort to gain an independent state based on linguistic identity, and to protect the interests of the [[Telugu people]] of [[Madras State]], [[Potti Sreeramulu]] fasted to death in 1952. As Madras became a bone of contention, in 1949 a JVP committee report stated: "Andhra Province could be formed provided the Andhras give up their claim on the city of Madras (now Chennai)". After Potti Sreeramulu's death, the Telugu-speaking area of [[Andhra State]] was carved out of Madras State on 31 November 1953, with [[Kurnool]] as its capital city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_post.html#Emergence |title=Post-Independence Era, then and now |publisher=aponline.gov.in |access-date=3 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220113947/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_post.html |archive-date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> On the basis of the [[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956|gentlemen's agreement]] of 1 November 1956, the [[States Reorganisation Act]] formed [[Andhra Pradesh]] by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the already existing [[Hyderabad State]].<ref name="Know Hyderabad">{{cite web |title=Know Hyderabad: History |url=http://hyderabadonline.in/Profile/History/ |publisher=Pan India Network |year=2010 |access-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921144224/http://hyderabadonline.in/Profile/History/ |archive-date=21 September 2010 }}</ref> [[Hyderabad]] was made the capital of the new state. The [[Marathwada|Marathi]] speaking areas of Hyderabad State merged with [[Bombay State]] and the [[Hyderabad-Karnataka|Kannada]] speaking areas were merged with [[Mysore State]] which was later renamed as [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news|title=How Andhra Pradesh celebrated its formation day|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/VV0zfU1m7i3tGpwPY1OJ0J/How-a-divided-Andhra-celebrated-its-formation-day.html|newspaper=Live Mint|date=1 November 2013|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

In February 2014, the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014]] bill was passed by the [[Parliament of India]] for the formation of the [[Telangana]] state comprising [[List of districts in Telangana|ten districts]]. [[Hyderabad]] will remain as a joint capital for not exceeding ten years.<ref name=reorganisation>{{cite web |title=The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 |url=http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts2014/6%20of%202014.pdf |website=India Code Legislative Department |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice |access-date=14 July 2015 |page=2 |date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034307/http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts2014/6%20of%202014.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The new state of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014 after approval from the [[President of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Telangana-State-to-Be-Born-on-June-2/2014/03/04/article2090470.ece|title=Telangana State to Be Born on June 2|newspaper=The New Indian Express|agency=IANS|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706093144/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Telangana-State-to-Be-Born-on-June-2/2014/03/04/article2090470.ece|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Number of petitions questioning the validity of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 is long pending for the verdict since April 2014 before the [[Supreme court of India|supreme court]] constitutional bench.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/supreme-court-refers-telangana-petitions-to-constitution-bench-492795|title=Supreme court refers Telangana petitions to constitution bench|publisher=NDTV|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042049/http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/supreme-court-refers-telangana-petitions-to-constitution-bench-492795|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The story of India's 29th State — Telangana|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/The-story-of-Indias-29th-State-%E2%80%94-Telangana/article14384461.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 June 2016|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1956 in India]]
[[Category:History of Telangana]]
[[Category:History of Andhra Pradesh (2014–present)]]
[[Category:Rayalaseema]]
[[Category:History of Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Former states and territories of India]]

Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014) - Revision history

Imtiaz Qureshi: fixed issues

>Bri: Remove "A" as the first word from short descriptions (via WP:JWB)