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 ==History==
-As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 mandals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Bapatla District | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 7 September 2023}}</ref>
+[[File:Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Postage stamp honouring T.Prakasam]]
+Ongole district was created in 1970 with three revenue divisions of Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore districts. In 1972, it was renamed Prakasam district in memory of [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], freedom fighter, chief Minister of undivided Madras state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Presently (2023), it has 38 mandals in 3 revenue divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228161029/http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |title =  Industrial Profile of Prakasam district |work = District Info |publisher = Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date = 2 November 2023 |archive-url = http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |archive-date =  28 December 2013|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/history/ | title=  Prakasam District| work=  About District > History|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/  | title= Prakasam district | work= About District > Administrative Setup > Divisionwise Mandal List |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref>
 ==Geography==
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 === Assembly constituency ===
 Kondapi is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 2,01,898 registered voters in Kondepi constituency according to statistics in 2009 elections. DSBV Swamy of [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Kondapi (SC) Assembly Constituency |url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kondapi.html|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref>
+==See also==
+* [[Prakasam district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Prakasam district]]
 ==References==