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United Andhra Pradesh
*Āndhra Pradēś*
United Andhra Pradesh; Āndhra Pradēś
Former State of India
1956–2014
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	; Map of the United Andhra Pradesh
Capital	Hyderabad
Area
• until 2014	275,039 km2 (106,193 sq mi)
Population
• 2011 Census	84,665,533
History
Government
• Type	Federated state
Chief Minister
• 1956–1960	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (First)
• 2010–2014	Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (Last)
Governor
• 1956–1957	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (First)
• 2009–2014	E. S. L. Narasimhan (Last)
History
• State established	1 November 1956
• State bifurcated	02 June 2014
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Andhra State
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Andhra Pradesh
Telangana

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Andhra State (1953–1956)

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Hyderabad State (1948–1956)

Andhra Pradesh, retrospectively referred to as 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, Rayalaseema, and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation, Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State, whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State, formerly a part of Madras Presidency of British India.

Creation of United Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

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Andhra State (yellow), which merged with Hyderabad state (white) to form the State of Andhra Pradesh in 1956

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Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956

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 30 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital city.^[1] On the basis of the 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 then-existing Hyderabad State.^[2] Hyderabad was made the capital of the new state. The Marathi-speaking areas of Hyderabad State merged with Bombay State which later bifurcated in Gujarat and Maharashtra and the Kannada-speaking areas were merged with Mysore State which was later renamed as Karnataka.^[3]

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 ten districts. Hyderabad will remain as a joint capital for not exceeding ten years.^[4] The new state of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014 after approval from the President of India.^[5] Number of petitions questioning the validity of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 have long been pending for the verdict since April 2014 before the supreme court constitutional bench.^[6]^[7]

The Visalandhra, Vishalandhra or Vishala Andhra was a movement in post-independence India for a united state for all Telugu speakers, a Greater Andhra (Telugu: విశాలాంధ్ర Viśālāndhra). This movement was led by the Communist Party of India under the banner of Andhra Mahasabha with a demand to merge all the Telugu-speaking areas into one state. ^{[citation needed]} (The Communist Party of India demanded the formation of similar linguistic states across India.) The movement succeeded and a separate state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State (Telangana) with Andhra State on 1 November 1956 as part of the States Reorganisation Act. (Andhra State had been previously carved out of Madras State on 1 October 1953.) However, on 2 June 2014, Telangana State separated again from Andhra Pradesh and the Vishalandhra movement came to an end. The residual Andhra Pradesh now has approximately the same borders.

History[edit | edit source]

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Potti Sreeramulu, whose fast unto death in 1952 led to the formation of Andhra State
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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (completed in 1967)
Mee Seva office (initial launch of the E-Seva Project in 2001)

To gain an independent state based on linguistic identity and to protect the interests of the Telugu-speaking people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu fasted to death in 1952. As the city of Madras became a bone of contention, in 1949 a committee with Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Pattabhi Sitaramayya was constituted. The committee recommended that Andhra State could be formed provided the Andhras gave 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 1 October 1953, with Kurnool as its capital city. Tanguturi Prakasam became the first chief minister. Based on the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956, the States Reorganisation Act created Andhra Pradesh by merging the neighbouring Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State with Hyderabad as the capital on 1 November 1956.^[8]

The Indian National Congress (INC) ruled the state from 1956 to 1982. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the first chief minister. Among other chief ministers, P. V. Narasimha Rao is known for implementing land reforms and land ceiling acts and securing a reservation for lower castes in politics.^[9] Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, completed in 1967, and Srisailam Dam, completed in 1981, are some of the irrigation projects that helped increase the production of paddy in the state.^[10]

In 1983, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won the state elections, and N. T. Rama Rao became the chief minister of the state for the first time after launching his party just nine months earlier.^[11] This broke the long-time single-party monopoly enjoyed by the INC. He transformed the sub-district administration by forming mandals in place of earlier taluks, removing hereditary village heads, and appointing non-hereditary village revenue assistants.^[12] The 1989 elections ended the rule of Rao, with the INC returning to power with Marri Chenna Reddy at the helm. In 1994, Andhra Pradesh gave a mandate to the Telugu Desam Party again, and Rao became the chief minister again. Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Rao's son-in-law, came to power in 1995 with the backing of a majority of the MLAs. The Telugu Desam Party won both the assembly and Lok Sabha elections in 1999 under the leadership of Chandrababu Naidu. Thus, Naidu held the record for the longest-serving chief minister (1995–2004) of the united Andhra Pradesh.^[13] He introduced e-governance by launching e-Seva centres in 2001 for paperless and speedy delivery of government services. He is credited with transforming Hyderabad into an IT hub by providing incentives for tech companies to set up centres.^[14]

In 2004, Congress returned to power with a new chief ministerial face, YS Rajashekara Reddy, better known as YSR. The main emphasis during Reddy's tenure was on social welfare schemes such as free electricity for farmers, health insurance, tuition fee reimbursement for the poor, and the national rural employment guarantee scheme. He took over the free emergency ambulance service initiated by a corporation and ran it as a government project. INC won the 2009 elections under the leadership of YSR in April.^[15] He was elected chief minister again but was killed in a helicopter crash that occurred in September 2009. He was succeeded by Congressmen Konijeti Rosaiah and Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy; the latter resigned over the impending division of the state to form Telangana.^[16]

During its 58 years as a unified state, the state weathered separatist movements from Telangana (1969) and Andhra (1972) successfully.^[17] A new party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi, formed in April 2001 by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), reignited the Telangana movement. A joint action committee formed with political parties, government employees, and the general public spearheaded the agitation. When KCR's health deteriorated due to his fast-unto-death undertaking, the central government decided to initiate the process of forming an independent Telangana in December 2009. This triggered the Samaikyandhra movement to keep the state united. The Srikrishna committee was formed to give recommendations on how to deal with the situation. It gave its report in December 2010.^[18] The agitations continued for nearly 5 years, with the Telangana side harping on the marginalisation of food culture, language, and unequal economic development and the Samaikyandhra movement focusing on the shared culture, language, customs, and historical unity of Telugu-speaking regions.^[19] The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act bill was passed by the parliament of India for the formation of the Telangana state, comprising ten districts, despite opposition by the state legislature.^[20] The bill included the provision to retain Hyderabad as the capital for up to ten years and the provision to ensure access to educational institutions for the same period.^[21] The bill received the assent of the president and was published in the gazette on 1 March 2014.^[22] The new state of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014 after approval from the president of India, with the residual state continuing as Andhra Pradesh.^[23] The present form of Andhra Pradesh is the same as that of Andhra State, except for Bhadrachalam town, which continues in Telangana.^[24] A number of petitions questioning the validity of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act have been pending before the Supreme Court constitutional bench since April 2014.^[25]

In the final elections held in the unified state in 2014, the TDP got a mandate in its favour, defeating its nearest rival, the YSR Congress Party, a breakaway faction of the Congress founded by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. N. Chandrababu Naidu, the chief of the TDP, became the chief minister on 8 June 2014.^[26] In 2017, the government of Andhra Pradesh began operating from its new greenfield capital, Amaravati, for which 33,000 acres were acquired from farmers through an innovative land pooling scheme.^[27]^[28] Interstate issues with Telangana relating to the division of assets of public sector institutions and organisations of the united state and the division of river waters are not yet resolved.^[29]^[30]

United Andhra Pradesh demographics[edit | edit source]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1961	35,983,000	—
1971	43,503,000	+20.9%
1981	53,550,000	+23.1%
1991	66,508,000	+24.2%
2001	75,727,000	+13.9%
2011	84,665,533	+11.8%
Includes Telangana. Source: Census of India^[31]

List of governors[edit | edit source]

Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal.^[32]

#	Portrait	Governor (Birth–Death)	Term of the office			Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
#	Portrait	Governor (Birth–Death)	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)	1 November 1956	31 July 1957	272 days	Gujarat	Governor of Andhra state	Rajendra Prasad
2		Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978)	1 August 1957	7 September 1962	5 years, 37 days	Punjab	Governor of Odisha	Rajendra Prasad
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	S. M. Shrinagesh (1903–1977)	8 September 1962	3 May 1964	1 year, 238 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Assam	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4		Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970)	4 May 1964	10 April 1968	3 years, 342 days	Kerala	Governor of Punjab	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975)	11 April 1968	25 January 1975	6 years, 289 days	Gujarat	Minister of Labour	Zakir Husain
6	–	S. Obul Reddy (1916–1996)	25 January 1975	9 January 1976	349 days	Andhra Pradesh	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982)	10 January 1976	15 June 1976	157 days	Rajasthan	Governor of Karnataka
8		Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988)	16 June 1976	16 February 1977	245 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Bihar
9	–	B. J. Divan (1919–2012)	17 February 1977	4 May 1977	76 days	Gujarat	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	B. D. Jatti (acting)
10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007)	5 May 1977	14 August 1978	1 year, 101 days	Maharashtra	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	B. D. Jatti (acting)
11	–	K. C. Abraham (1899–1986)	15 August 1978	14 August 1983	4 years, 364 days	Kerala	Member of the Indian National Congress	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Thakur Ram Lal (1929–2002)	15 August 1983	29 August 1984	1 year, 14 days	Himachal Pradesh	Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh	Giani Zail Singh
13		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	29 August 1984	26 November 1985	1 year, 89 days	Madhya Pradesh	President of the Indian National Congress
14		Kumudben Joshi (1934–2022)	26 November 1985	7 February 1990	4 years, 73 days	Gujarat	Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Krishan Kant (1927–2002)	7 February 1990	21 August 1997	7 years, 195 days	Gujarat	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	R. Venkataraman
Acting	–	Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001)	22 August 1997	23 November 1997	93 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Odisha	K. R. Narayanan
16	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	C. Rangarajan (1932–)	24 November 1997	3 January 2003	5 years, 40 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India	K. R. Narayanan
17		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)	3 January 2003	3 November 2004	1 year, 305 days	Punjab	Governor of Uttarakhand	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
18		Sushilkumar Shinde (1941–)	4 November 2004	29 January 2006	1 year, 86 days	Maharashtra	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Acting		Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015)	29 January 2006	22 August 2007	1 year, 205 days	Jharkhand	Governor of Odisha
19	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018)	22 August 2007	27 December 2009	2 years, 127 days	Uttar Pradesh	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand	Pratibha Patil
Acting	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	E. S. L. Narasimhan (1945–)	27 December 2009	22 January 2010	9 years, 208 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Chhattisgarh
20			23 January 2010	1 June 2014

List of chief ministers[edit | edit source]

On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, Telangana, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. Sanjiva Reddy was the first chief minister.

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy of Indian National Congress was the first chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party was the longest served chief minister and Bhaskar Rao was the shortest serving both belonging to TDP. Kiran Kumar Reddy of the Indian National Congress was the last chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh.

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term start	Term end	Duration	Election (Term)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Srikalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1955 (1st)	Indian National Congress భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము	Neelam I	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
1			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Srikalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1957 (2nd)		Neelam II	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
2		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) MLA for Kurnool	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days	1957 (2nd)		Sanjivayya	Bhim Sen Sachar
(1)			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Dhone	12 March 1962	21 February 1964	1 year, 346 days	1962 (3rd)		Neelam III	Bhim Sen Sachar
3		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) MLA for Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days	1962 (3rd)		Kasu I	Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
3		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) MLA for Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days	1967 (4th)		Kasu II	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
4		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MLA for Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Narasimha	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
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5			Jalagam Vengala Rao (1921–1999) MLA for Vemsoor	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Jalagam	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
6		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Medchal	6 March 1978	11 October 1980	2 years, 219 days	1978 (6th)	Indian National Congress (Indira) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Marri I	Sharda Mukherjee
7			Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986) MLC	11 October 1980	24 February 1982	1 year, 136 days			Anjaiah	K. C. Abraham
8			Bhavanam Venkata Ramireddy (1931–2002) MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	208 days			Bhavanam
9			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Kurnool	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days			Kotla I
10			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati	9 January 1983	16 August 1984	1 year, 220 days	1983 (7th)	Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao I
11		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 1935) MLA for Vemuru	16 August 1984	16 September 1984	31 days		Telugu Desam Party (Rebel) తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము (తిరుగుబాటుదారు)	Nadendla	Thakur Ram Lal
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati 1984–1985 MLA for Hindupuram 1985–1989	16 September 1984	9 March 1985	174 days		Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao II	Shankar Dayal Sharma
(10)				9 March 1985	3 December 1989	4 years, 269 days	1985 (8th)	Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao III	Shankar Dayal Sharma
(6)		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Sanathnagar	3 December 1989	17 December 1990	1 year, 14 days	1989 (9th)	Indian National Congress (Indira) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Marri II	Kumudben Joshi
12		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy (1935–2014) MLA for Venkatagiri	17 December 1990	9 October 1992	1 year, 297 days			Janardhana	Krishan Kant
(9)			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Panyam	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days			Kotla II
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Hindupuram	12 December 1994	1 September 1995	263 days	1994 (10th)	Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao IV
13		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	4 years, 40 days	1994 (10th)		Naidu I
13		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	11 October 1999	14 May 2004	4 years, 216 days	1999 (11th)		Naidu II	C. Rangarajan
14		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009) MLA for Pulivendla	14 May 2004	20 May 2009	5 years, 6 days	2004 (12th)	Indian National Congress భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము	Reddy I	Surjit Singh Barnala
14		Error creating thumbnail: File missing		20 May 2009	2 September 2009	105 days	2009 (13th)		Reddy II	N. D. Tiwari
15		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–2021) MLC	3 September 2009	25 November 2010	1 year, 83 days			Rosaiah	N. D. Tiwari
16			Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 1959) MLA for Pileru	25 November 2010	1 March 2014	3 years, 96 days			Kiran	E. S. L. Narasimhan
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List of Deputy chief ministers[edit | edit source]

The list of deputy chief ministers in the Indian former state of United Andhra Pradesh include:

Keys: INC

#	Portrait		Deputy Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office		Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Government
#	Portrait		Deputy Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term start	Term end	Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Government
1			Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy (1890–1970) MLA for Chevella	1959	11 January 1960	1955 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	Neelam II
1			Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy (1890–1970) MLA for Chevella	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	1957 (2nd)		Damodaram Sanjivayya	Sanjivayya
2		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	J. V. Narsing Rao MLA for Luxettipeta	1967	30 September 1971	1967 (4th)		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Kasu II
3			B. V. Subba Reddy (1903–1974) MLA for Koilakuntla	30 September 1971	11 November 1972	1972 (5th)		Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao	Narasimha
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(3)			B. V. Subba Reddy (1903–1974) MLA for Koilakuntla	30 December 1973	7 June 1974	1972 (5th)		Jalagam Vengala Rao	Vengala
4				C. Jagannatha Rao (1924–2012) MLA for Narsapur	24 February 1982	20 September 1982		1978 (6th)	Indian National Congress	Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy	Bhavanam
5			Koneru Ranga Rao (1936–2010) MLA for Tiruvuru	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	1989 (9th)	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kotla I
6			Damodar Raja Narasimha (born 1958) MLA for Andole	10 June 2011^[34]	1 February 2014^[35]	2009 (13th)	N. Kiran Kumar Reddy	Kiran
President's rule imposed during the period (1 March 2014 – 7 June 2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}

List of Leaders of opposition in Assembly[edit | edit source]

In fact N. Chandrababu Naidu is the longest-serving leader of the opposition. He served as leader of opposition in United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for a period of 2004 – 2014 in Andhra which includes current day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states N. Chandrababu Naidu is the last leader of opposition of United Andhra Pradesh before its bifurcation.

#	Portrait		Leader of the opposition (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office			Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Appointed by (Speaker)
#	Portrait		Leader of the opposition (Lifespan) Constituency	Term start	Term end	Duration	Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Appointed by (Speaker)
1			Puchalapalli Sundarayya (1913–1985) MLA for Gannavaram	1956	1957	1 year	1955 (1st)	Communist Party of India	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao
1			Puchalapalli Sundarayya (1913–1985) MLA for Gannavaram	1957	1962	5 years	1957 (2nd)		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Damodaram Sanjivayya	Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao
2			Tarimela Nagi Reddy (1917–1976) MLA for Puttur	1962	1964	2 years	1962 (3rd)		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	B. V. Subba Reddy
3			1.Arutla Kamala Devi MLA for Alair 2.Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu MLA for Nandigama	1964	1967	3 years	1962 (3rd)		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
4			Gouthu Latchanna (1917–1976) MLA for Sompeta	1967	1969	2 years	1967 (4th)	Swatantra Party
5			Nukala Ramachandra Reddy (1919–1974) MLA for Dornakal	1969	1971	2 years	1967 (4th)
6			Vacant	1972	1977	5 years	1972 (5th)	Communist Party of India	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao Jalagam Vengala Rao	Pidatala Ranga Reddy
7			Vacant	1977	1978	1 year	1972 (5th)		Jalagam Vengala Rao	Pidatala Ranga Reddy
(4)			Gouthu Latchanna (1909–2006) MLA for Sompeta	31 March 1978	1983	5 years	1978 (6th)	Janata Party	Marri Chenna Reddy T. Anjaiah Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary
8			Ananthula Madan Mohan (1931–2004) MLA for Siddipet	19 January 1983	23 November 1984	1 year, 309 days	1983 (7th)	Indian National Congress	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Nadendla Bhaskara Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao	Tangi Satyanarayana
9			Mogaligundla Baga Reddy (1930–2004) MLA for Zahirabad	14 March 1985	28 November 1989	4 years, 259 days	1985 (8th)	Indian National Congress	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao	G. Narayana Rao
10			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Hindupur	5 January 1990	10 December 1994	4 years, 339 days	1989 (9th)	Telugu Desam Party	Marri Chenna Reddy Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	P. Ramachandra Reddy
11			Paripati Janardhan Reddy (1948–2007) MLA for Khairatabad	24 March 1995	9 October 1999	4 years, 199 days	1994 (10th)	Indian National Congress	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Nara Chandrababu Naidu	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu
12		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009) MLA for Pulivendla	12 November 1999	14 November 2003	4 years, 2 days	1999 (11th)	Indian National Congress	Nara Chandrababu Naidu	K. Prathibha Bharathi
13		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	2 June 2004	19 May 2009	4 years, 351 days	2004 (12th)	Telugu Desam Party	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy	K. R. Suresh Reddy
13		Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	19 May 2009	28 April 2014	4 years, 344 days	2009 (13th)	Telugu Desam Party	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy	Kiran Kumar Reddy

Creation of Telangana[edit | edit source]

After decades of protests and agitations, the central government, under the United Progressive Alliance, decided to bifurcate the existing Andhra Pradesh state and on 2 June 2014, the Union Cabinet unilaterally cleared the bill for the creation of Telangana. Lasting for almost 5 decades, it was one of the longest lasting movements for statehood in South India.^[36] On 18 February 2014, the Lok Sabha passed the bill with a voice vote. Subsequently, the bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha two days later, on 20 February.^[37] As per the bill, Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana, while the city would also remain the capital of the residual state of Andhra Pradesh for no more than ten years. Hyderabad was the de jure joint capital. On 2 June 2014, Telangana was created with Hyderabad as its capital

The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a state, Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad.

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When the President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[33]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

References[edit | edit source]

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↑ "Telangana state formation gazette". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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↑ "CBN to be sworn as CM of Andhra on June 8th". Deccan-Journal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
↑ "Andhra Pradesh to get new capital Amaravati today, PM Modi to inaugurate". NDTV. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
↑ P, Ashish (2 March 2017). "Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates new Andhra Pradesh assembly". India Today. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
↑ "Explained : The stalemate between Telangana and AP". The Hindu. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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↑ Reddy, B. Muralidhar; Kumar, Vinay (7 February 2014). "Cabinet clears Telangana Bill". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
↑ "Lok Sabha passes Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[PR-34] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When the President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[33]

[PR2-35] 2.0 ^2.1 After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

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[Know_Hyderabad-2] "Know Hyderabad: History". Pan India Network. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.

[3] "How Andhra Pradesh celebrated its formation day". Live Mint. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[reorganisation-4] "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014" (PDF). India Code Legislative Department. Ministry of Law and Justice. 1 March 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[5] "Telangana State to Be Born on June 2". The New Indian Express. IANS. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[6] "Supreme court refers Telangana petitions to constitution bench". NDTV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[7] "The story of India's 29th State — Telangana". The Hindu. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[8] "Post-independence era, then and now". aponline.gov.in. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

[9] "P.V. Narasimha Rao". Encyclopedia Britannica. 17 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[10] B, M K Reddy; K, S Reddy. "Irrigation development in Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[11] "N.T. Rama Rao: A timeline". The Hindu. 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[12] Vaddiraju, Anil kumar (21 March 2020). "The mandal System in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Economic & Political Weekly. LV (12). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[13] Length of time as chief minister. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

[14] "KTR's admission: Chandrababu Naidu helped IT grow in Hyderabad". Economic Times. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[15] PTI (3 September 2009). "YSR: From aggressive politician to mass leader". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[16] "Kiran beats PV, Rosaiah, Anjaiah in tenure". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[17] "Bitter memories". Hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

[18] Committee for consultations on the situation in Andhra Pradesh Report (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2011.

[19] Maheshwari, R. Uma (31 July 2013). "A state that must fulfil a higher purpose". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[20] Jayaprakash Narayan (28 October 2013). "A challenge to Indian federalism". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[21] ICLD (2014). The Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[22] "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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[28] P, Ashish (2 March 2017). "Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates new Andhra Pradesh assembly". India Today. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[assets-29] "Explained : The stalemate between Telangana and AP". The Hindu. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[krishna-sharing-30] "Explained : The Telangana- Andhra Pradesh water dispute". The Hindu. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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Creation of United Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

United Andhra Pradesh demographics[edit | edit source]

List of governors[edit | edit source]

List of chief ministers[edit | edit source]

List of Deputy chief ministers[edit | edit source]

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+{{Short description|Former state in India with Hyderabad as its capital}}
+{{About|a former state|the present-day state|Andhra Pradesh}}
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-{{About|a former state|the present-day state|Andhra Pradesh}}
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-|native_name =
+| conventional_long_name = United Andhra Pradesh
-|conventional_long_name = Andhra Pradesh
+| native_name            = ''Āndhra Pradēś''
-|status_text = Former [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[India]]
+| status_text            = Former [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[India]]
-|era =
+| era                    =
-|year_start = 1956
+| year_start             = 1956
-|date_start = 1 November
+| date_start             = [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|1 November]]
-|event_start= State established
+| event_start            = State established
-|year_end = 2014
+| year_end               = 2014
-|date_end = 2 June
+| date_end               = [[Telangana Day|02 June]]
-|event_end= State reorganised
+| event_end              = State bifurcated
-|event1 =
+| capital                = [[Hyderabad]]
-|date_event1 =
+| event1                 =
-|p1 = Andhra State
+| date_event1            =
-|p2 = Hyderabad State (1948-1956)
+| p1                     = Andhra State
-|s1 = Andhra Pradesh
+| p2                     = Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
-|s2 = Telangana
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+| s2                     = Telangana
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+| flag_p1                =
-|flag_s1 = Andhraseal.png
+| flag_p2                = Emblem of Hyderabad State (1948–1956).svg
-|flag_s2 = Government_of_Telangana_Logo.png
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-|image_map_caption = Map of India showing the United Andhra Pradesh just after the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]
+| image_map              =
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-|stat_pop1 =
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+| stat_area1             = {{convert|106193|mi2|km2|0|disp=number}}
+| stat_year1             = until 2014
+| stat_pop2              = 84,665,533
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+| footnotes              =
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+| flag_type              =
+| flag                   = State
+| government_type        = [[Federated state]]
+| title_leader           = Chief Minister
+| leader1                = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] ('''First''')
+| year_leader1           = 1956–1960
+| leader2                = [[Kiran Kumar Reddy|Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]] ('''Last''')
+| year_leader2           = 2010–2014
+| title_deputy           = [[United Andhra Pradesh#Governors of United Andhra Pradesh|Governor]]
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-'''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]].
+[[File:Andhra-India 1953.svg|thumb|[[Andhra State]] (1953–1956)]]
+[[File:Hyderabad in India (1951).svg|thumb|[[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]]
+ (1948–1956)]]
+'''Andhra Pradesh''', retrospectively referred to as '''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]], [[Rayalaseema]], and [[Coastal Andhra]]. Before the 1956 reorganisation, Telangana had been part of [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]], whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of [[Andhra State]], formerly a part of [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British Raj|British India]].
+== Creation of United Andhra Pradesh ==
+[[File:Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.png|right|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Andhra State]] (yellow), which merged with [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad state]] (white) to form the State of Andhra Pradesh in 1956]]
+[[File:South Indian territories.svg|thumb|Map of [[Southern India]] (1953–1956) before the [[States Reorganisation Act]] of 1956|300px]]
+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 30 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 then-existing [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|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]] which later bifurcated in [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]] and the [[Kalyana-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=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Number of petitions questioning the validity of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 have long been 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>
+The Visalandhra, Vishalandhra or Vishala Andhra was a movement in post-independence India for a united state for all Telugu speakers, a Greater Andhra (Telugu: విశాలాంధ్ర Viśālāndhra). This movement was led by the Communist Party of India under the banner of Andhra Mahasabha with a demand to merge all the Telugu-speaking areas into one state. {{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} (The Communist Party of India demanded the formation of similar linguistic states across India.) The movement succeeded and a separate state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State (Telangana) with Andhra State on 1 November 1956 as part of the States Reorganisation Act. (Andhra State had been previously carved out of Madras State on 1 October 1953.) However, on 2 June 2014, Telangana State separated again from Andhra Pradesh and the Vishalandhra movement came to an end. The residual Andhra Pradesh now has approximately the same borders.
+=== History ===
+{{See also|Andhra State|Visalandhra movement|Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)}}
+<gallery>
+File:Potti Sreeramulu.png|[[Potti Sreeramulu]], whose fast unto death in 1952 led to the formation of [[Andhra State]]
+File:NagarjunaSagarDam.JPG| [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]] (completed in 1967)
+File:Mee_seva_office_in_Velagapudi.jpg |[[Mee Seva (Andhra Pradesh)|Mee Seva office]] (initial launch of the E-Seva Project in 2001)
+</gallery>
+To gain an independent state based on linguistic identity and to protect the interests of the Telugu-speaking people of [[Madras State]], [[Potti Sreeramulu]] fasted to death in 1952. As the city of Madras became a bone of contention, in 1949 a committee with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Vallabhbhai Patel]], and [[Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya|Pattabhi Sitaramayya]] was constituted. The committee recommended that Andhra State could be formed provided the Andhras gave 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 1 October 1953, with [[Kurnool]] as its capital city. [[Tanguturi Prakasam]] became the [[Chief minister (India)|first chief minister]]. Based on the [[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956]], the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|States Reorganisation Act]] created Andhra Pradesh by merging the neighbouring Telugu-speaking areas of the [[Hyderabad State]] with Hyderabad as the capital on 1 November 1956.<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>
+The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) ruled the state from 1956 to 1982. [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] became the first [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|chief minister]]. Among other chief ministers, [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] is known for implementing land reforms and land ceiling acts and securing a reservation for lower castes in politics.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=P.V. Narasimha Rao |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-V-Narasimha-Rao |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=17 May 2023 |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181221/https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-V-Narasimha-Rao |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]], completed in 1967, and [[Srisailam Dam]], completed in 1981, are some of the irrigation projects that helped increase the production of paddy in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/33040/1/BMKR-KSR.pdf |title=Irrigation development in Andhra Pradesh |last1=B |first1=M K Reddy |last2=K |first2=S Reddy |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601061200/https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/33040/1/BMKR-KSR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In 1983, the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) won the state elections, and [[N. T. Rama Rao]] became the chief minister of the state for the first time after launching his party just nine months earlier.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/nt-rama-rao-a-timeline/article62061789.ece |title=N.T. Rama Rao: A timeline |date=28 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=The Hindu |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601112102/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/nt-rama-rao-a-timeline/article62061789.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> This broke the long-time single-party monopoly enjoyed by the INC. He transformed the sub-district administration by forming mandals in place of earlier taluks, removing hereditary village heads, and appointing non-hereditary village revenue assistants.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The mandal System in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh |journal=Economic & Political Weekly |url=http://www.isec.ac.in/PE_LV_12_210320_Anil_Kumar_Vaddiraju.pdf |last=Vaddiraju |first=Anil kumar |date=21 March 2020 |volume=LV |issue=12 |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601061159/http://www.isec.ac.in/PE_LV_12_210320_Anil_Kumar_Vaddiraju.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989 elections]] ended the rule of Rao, with the INC returning to power with [[Marri Chenna Reddy]] at the helm. In [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]], Andhra Pradesh gave a mandate to the Telugu Desam Party again, and Rao became the chief minister again. [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]], Rao's son-in-law, came to power in 1995 with the backing of a majority of the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLAs]]. The Telugu Desam Party won both the [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|assembly]] and [[Lok Sabha]] [[1999 Indian general election|elections]] in 1999 under the leadership of Chandrababu Naidu. Thus, Naidu held the record for the longest-serving chief minister (1995–2004) of the united Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url= https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401839/Nara-Chandrababu-Naidu|title= Length of time as chief minister|access-date= 20 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195811/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401839/Nara-Chandrababu-Naidu|archive-date= 10 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He introduced [[e-governance]] by launching ''[[Mee Seva (Andhra Pradesh)|e-Seva]]'' centres in 2001 for paperless and speedy delivery of government services. He is credited with transforming Hyderabad into an IT hub by providing incentives for tech companies to set up centres.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 2017 |title=KTR's admission: Chandrababu Naidu helped IT grow in Hyderabad |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ktrs-admission-chandrababu-naidu-helped-it-grow-in-hyderabad/articleshow/62079640.cms |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=Economic Times |language=en |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601110753/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ktrs-admission-chandrababu-naidu-helped-it-grow-in-hyderabad/articleshow/62079640.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]], Congress returned to power with a new chief ministerial face, [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|YS Rajashekara Reddy]], better known as YSR. The main emphasis during Reddy's tenure was on social welfare schemes such as free electricity for farmers, health insurance, tuition fee reimbursement for the poor, and the national rural employment guarantee scheme. He took over the free emergency ambulance service initiated by a corporation and ran it as a government project. INC won the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009 elections]] under the leadership of YSR in April.<ref>{{Cite news |title=YSR: From aggressive politician to mass leader |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/YSR-From-aggressive-politician-to-mass-leader/article16878912.ece |last=PTI |date=3 September 2009 |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> He was elected chief minister again but was killed in a [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash|helicopter crash]] that occurred in September 2009. He was succeeded by Congressmen [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] and [[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]]; the latter resigned over the impending division of the state to form [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kiran-beats-pv-rosaiah-anjaiah-in-tenure/article4132949.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 November 2012|title=Kiran beats PV, Rosaiah, Anjaiah in tenure|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220234650/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kiran-beats-pv-rosaiah-anjaiah-in-tenure/article4132949.ece|archive-date=20 December 2013|url-status=live|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
+During its 58 years as a unified state, the state weathered separatist [[Telangana movement|movements from Telangana]] (1969) and [[1972 Jai Andhra movement|Andhra]] (1972) successfully.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1812/18120450.htm |title=Bitter memories |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |access-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122051815/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1812/18120450.htm |archive-date=22 January 2010 }}</ref> A new party called [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|Telangana Rashtra Samithi]], formed in April 2001 by [[K. Chandrashekar Rao|Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao]] (KCR), reignited the Telangana movement. A joint action committee formed with political parties, government employees, and the general public spearheaded the agitation. When KCR's health deteriorated due to his fast-unto-death undertaking, the central government decided to initiate the process of forming an independent Telangana in December 2009. This triggered the [[Samaikyandhra Movement|Samaikyandhra movement]] to keep the state united. The [[Srikrishna Committee|Srikrishna committee]] was formed to give recommendations on how to deal with the situation. It gave its report in December 2010.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/jan/d2011010502.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015120218/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/jan/d2011010502.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2011|year=2010|title=Committee for consultations on the situation in Andhra Pradesh Report |url-status=dead}}</ref> The agitations continued for nearly 5 years, with the Telangana side harping on the marginalisation of food culture, language, and unequal economic development and the Samaikyandhra movement focusing on the shared culture, language, customs, and historical unity of Telugu-speaking regions.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maheshwari|first=R. Uma|date=31 July 2013|title=A state that must fulfil a higher purpose|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-state-that-must-fulfil-a-higher-purpose/article4971018.ece|access-date=20 July 2020|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720100010/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-state-that-must-fulfil-a-higher-purpose/article4971018.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act]] bill was passed by the [[parliament of India]] for the formation of the Telangana state, comprising [[List of districts of Telangana|ten districts]], despite opposition by the state legislature.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-challenge-to-indian-federalism/article5278609.ece |title=A challenge to Indian federalism |date=28 October 2013 |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=The Hindu |author=Jayaprakash Narayan }}</ref> The bill included the provision to retain [[Hyderabad]] as the capital for up to ten years and the provision to ensure access to educational institutions for the same period.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts2014/6%20of%202014.pdf |title=The Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 |last=ICLD |year=2014 |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034307/http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts2014/6%20of%202014.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=14 July 2015 |page=2}}</ref> The bill received the assent of the president and was published in the gazette on 1 March 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/APRegACT2014_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India|access-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108223043/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/APRegACT2014_0.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new state of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014 after approval from the [[president of India]], with the residual state continuing as Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Telangana-State-to-Be-Born-on-June-2/2014/03/04/article2090470.ece|title=Telangana state formation gazette|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=14 May 2014|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=dead}}</ref> The present form of Andhra Pradesh is the same as that of [[Andhra State]], except for [[Bhadrachalam]] town, which continues in Telangana.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Explained: Why was Andhra's three-capital act controversial |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/explained-andhras-three-capital-act-the-plan-and-the-hurdles-2620680 |access-date=22 November 2021 |website=NDTV.com |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122145326/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/explained-andhras-three-capital-act-the-plan-and-the-hurdles-2620680 |url-status=live }}</ref> A number of petitions questioning the validity of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act have been pending before the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] constitutional bench since April 2014.<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}}</ref>
+In the final elections held in the unified state in [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]], the TDP got a mandate in its favour, defeating its nearest rival, the [[YSR Congress Party]], a breakaway faction of the Congress founded by [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]], son of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]], the chief of the TDP, became the chief minister on 8 June 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://deccan-journal.com/content/cbn-take-oath-june-8th|title=CBN to be sworn as CM of Andhra on June 8th|work=Deccan-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714011154/http://deccan-journal.com/content/cbn-take-oath-june-8th|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of Andhra Pradesh|the government of Andhra Pradesh]] began operating from its new greenfield capital, [[Amaravati]], for which 33,000 acres were acquired from farmers through an innovative land pooling scheme.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Andhra Pradesh to get new capital Amaravati today, PM Modi to inaugurate|url=https://www.ndtv.com/andhra-pradesh-news/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-andhra-pradeshs-new-capital-amaravati-today-1235078|access-date=9 March 2021|work=NDTV|date=22 October 2015|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414060455/https://www.ndtv.com/andhra-pradesh-news/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-andhra-pradeshs-new-capital-amaravati-today-1235078|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=P|first=Ashish|date=2 March 2017|title=Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates new Andhra Pradesh assembly|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/new-andhra-pradesh-assembly-chandrababu-naidu-velagapudi-guntur-district-963618-2017-03-02|access-date=9 March 2021|work=India Today|language=en|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414060454/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/new-andhra-pradesh-assembly-chandrababu-naidu-velagapudi-guntur-district-963618-2017-03-02|url-status=live}}</ref> Interstate issues with Telangana relating to the division of assets of public sector institutions and organisations of the united state and the division of river waters are not yet resolved.<ref name="assets">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/explained-the-stalemate-between-telangana-and-ap/article66362399.ece |title=Explained : The stalemate between Telangana and AP |date=10 January 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=The Hindu |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529051059/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/explained-the-stalemate-between-telangana-and-ap/article66362399.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="krishna-sharing">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/explained-the-telangana-andhra-pradesh-water-dispute/article66880971.ece |title=Explained : The Telangana- Andhra Pradesh water dispute |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=The Hindu |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529045556/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/explained-the-telangana-andhra-pradesh-water-dispute/article66880971.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
+=== United Andhra Pradesh demographics ===
+{{Historical populations
+| footnote = ''Includes [[Telangana]].''
+| source = Census of India<ref name=demographics>{{cite web |title=Demography |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf |website=Official portal of Andhra Pradesh Government |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213923/http://www.ap.gov.in/AP%20State%20Statistical%20Abstract%20May%202014/2%20AP%20Demography.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+| align=center
+| 1961 | 35983000
+| 1971 | 43503000
+| 1981 | 53550000
+| 1991 | 66508000
+| 2001 | 75727000
+| 2011 | 84665533
+}}
+{{See also|Visalandhra movement}}
+== List of governors ==
+''Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal''.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Governors |url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=241 |website=AP State Portal |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075513/https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=241 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
+! rowspan="2" |#
+! rowspan="2" |Portrait
+! rowspan="2" |Governor<br/>{{small|{{nowrap|(Birth–Death)}}}}
+! colspan="3" |Term of the office
+! rowspan="2" |Home state
+! rowspan="2" |Previous post
+! rowspan="2" |[[President of India|Appointed by]]
+|-
+!Assumed office
+!Left office
+!Time in office
+|-
+! 1
+| [[File:Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png|center|138x138px]]
+| '''[[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]'''<br />{{small|(1893–1980)}}
+| 1 November 1956
+| 31 July 1957
+| {{ayd|1956|11|01|1957|07|31|format=commas}}
+| [[Gujarat]]
+| [[Andhra state#Governors of Andhra State|Governor of Andhra state]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Rajendra Prasad]]
+|-
+! 2
+| [[File:Bhim_Sen_Sachar.png|center|120x120px]]
+| '''[[Bhim Sen Sachar]]'''<br />{{small|(1894–1978)}}
+| 1 August 1957
+| 7 September 1962
+| {{ayd|1957|08|01|1962|09|07|format=commas}}
+| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
+| [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
+|-
+! 3
+| [[File:General_Satyawant_Mallana_Srinagesh.jpg|center|142x142px]]
+| '''[[S. M. Shrinagesh]]'''<br />{{small|(1903–1977)}}
+| 8 September 1962
+| 3 May 1964
+| {{ayd|1962|09|08|1964|05|03|format=commas}}
+| [[Maharashtra]]
+| [[List of governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
+|-
+! 4
+| [[File:Pattom_A._Thanu_Pillai_(image).jpg|alt=Pattom_A._Thanu_Pillai_(image)|center|144x144px]]
+| '''[[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]'''<br />{{small|(1885–1970)}}
+| 4 May 1964
+| 10 April 1968
+| {{ayd|1964|05|04|1968|04|10|format=commas}}
+| [[Kerala]]
+| [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]]
+|-
+! 5
+| [[File:Khandubhai_Kasanji_Desai_official_portrait.jpg|142x142px]]
+| '''[[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]]'''<br />{{small|(1898–1975)}}
+| 11 April 1968
+| 25 January 1975
+| {{ayd|1968|04|11|1975|01|25|format=commas}}
+| [[Gujarat]]
+| [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour]]
+| [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]
+|-
+! 6
+| {{dash}}
+| '''[[S. Obul Reddy]]'''<br />{{small|(1916–1996)}}
+| 25 January 1975
+| 9 January 1976
+| {{ayd|1975|01|25|1976|01|09|format=commas}}
+| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
+| [[Andhra Pradesh High Court|Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]
+|-
+! 7
+| [[File:Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|center|146x146px]]
+| '''[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]'''<br />{{small|(1916–1982)}}
+| 10 January 1976
+| 15 June 1976
+| {{ayd|1976|01|10|1976|06|15|format=commas}}
+| [[Rajasthan]]
+| [[List of governors of Karnataka|Governor of Karnataka]]
+|-
+! 8
+| [[File:Dr._Babasaheb_Ambedkar_was_presented_a_purse_of_Rs._1,18,000_(One_Lakh_Eighteen_Thousands)_by_Dr._R._D._Bhandare_(cropped).jpg|center|102x102px]]
+| '''[[Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare]]'''<br />{{small|(1916–1988)}}
+| 16 June 1976
+| 16 February 1977
+| {{ayd|1976|06|16|1977|02|16|format=commas}}
+| [[Maharashtra]]
+| [[List of governors of Bihar|Governor of Bihar]]
+|-
+! 9
+| {{dash}}
+| '''[[B. J. Divan]]'''<br />{{small|(1919–2012)}}
+| 17 February 1977
+| 4 May 1977
+| {{ayd|1977|02|17|1977|05|04|format=commas}}
+| [[Gujarat]]
+| [[Andhra Pradesh High Court|Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[B. D. Jatti]] ''(acting)''
+|-
+! 10
+| [[File:Sharda_Mukherjee_official_portrait.gif|center|127x127px]]
+| '''[[Sharda Mukherjee]]'''<br />{{small|(1919–2007)}}
+| 5 May 1977
+| 14 August 1978
+| {{ayd|1977|05|05|1978|08|14|format=commas}}
+| [[Maharashtra]]
+| [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
+|-
+! 11
+| {{dash}}
+| '''[[K. C. Abraham]]'''<br />{{small|(1899–1986)}}
+| 15 August 1978
+| 14 August 1983
+| {{ayd|1978|08|15|1983|08|14|format=commas}}
+| [[Kerala]]
+| [[Indian National Congress|Member of the Indian National Congress]]
+| [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
+|-
+! 12
+| [[File:Thakur_Ram_Lal.jpg|center|126x126px]]
+| '''[[Thakur Ram Lal]]'''<br />{{small|(1929–2002)}}
+| 15 August 1983
+| 29 August 1984
+| {{ayd|1983|08|15|1984|08|29|format=commas}}
+| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
+| [[List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh|Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Giani Zail Singh]]
+|-
+! 13
+| [[File:Shankar_Dayal_Sharma_36.jpg|center|137x137px]]
+| '''[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]'''<br />{{small|(1918–1999)}}
+| 29 August 1984
+| 26 November 1985
+| {{ayd|1984|08|29|1985|11|26|format=commas}}
+| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
+| [[List of presidents of the Indian National Congress|President of the Indian National Congress]]
+|-
+! 14
+| [[File:Kumudben_Joshi.jpg|center|128x128px]]
+| '''[[Kumudben Joshi]]'''<br />{{small|(1934–2022)}}
+| 26 November 1985
+| 7 February 1990
+| {{ayd|1985|11|26|1990|02|07|format=commas}}
+| [[Gujarat]]
+| [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
+|-
+! 15
+| [[File:Krishan_Kant_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg|center|100x100px]]
+| '''[[Krishan Kant]]'''<br />{{small|(1927–2002)}}
+| 7 February 1990
+| 21 August 1997
+| {{ayd|1990|02|07|1997|08|21|format=commas}}
+| [[Gujarat]]
+| [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
+| [[R. Venkataraman]]
+|-
+! style="background:wheat;" |Acting
+| {{dash}}
+| '''[[Gopala Ramanujam]]'''<br />{{small|(1915–2001)}}
+| style="background:wheat;"| 22 August 1997
+| style="background:wheat;"| 23 November 1997
+| {{ayd|1997|08|22|1997|11|23|format=commas}}
+| [[Tamil Nadu]]
+| [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[K. R. Narayanan]]
+|-
+! 16
+| [[File:C._Rangrajan_at_the_Conference_on_"Fiscal_Policy_in_India"_(cropped).jpg|center|124x124px]]
+| '''[[C. Rangarajan]]'''<br />{{small|(1932–)}}
+| 24 November 1997
+| 3 January 2003
+| {{ayd|1997|11|24|2003|01|03|format=commas}}
+| [[Tamil Nadu]]
+| [[Governors of the Reserve Bank of India|Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]]
+|-
+! 17
+| [[File:H_E_Shri_Surjit_Singh_Barnala.jpg|center|149x149px]]
+| '''[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]'''<br />{{small|(1925–2017)}}
+| 3 January 2003
+| 3 November 2004
+| {{ayd|2003|01|03|2004|11|03|format=commas}}
+| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
+| [[Governor of Uttarakhand]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
+|-
+! 18
+| [[File:Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg|center|125x125px]]
+| '''[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'''<br />{{small|(1941–)}}
+| 4 November 2004
+| 29 January 2006
+| {{ayd|2004|11|04|2006|01|29|format=commas}}
+| [[Maharashtra]]
+| [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
+|-
+! style="background:wheat;" |Acting
+| [[File:The_Governor_of_Karnataka,_Shri_Rameshwar_Thakur_in_Bangalore_on_January_13,_2008.jpg|center|126x126px]]
+| '''[[Rameshwar Thakur]]'''<br />{{small|(1925–2015)}}
+| style="background:wheat;"| 29 January 2006
+| style="background:wheat;"| 22 August 2007
+| {{ayd|2006|01|29|2007|08|22|format=commas}}
+| [[Jharkhand]]
+| [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
+|-
+! 19
+| [[File:Shri_Narayan_Dutt_Tiwari.jpg|center|137x137px]]
+| '''[[N. D. Tiwari]]'''<br />{{small|(1925–2018)}}
+| 22 August 2007
+| 27 December 2009
+| {{ayd|2007|08|22|2009|12|27|format=commas}}
+| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
+| [[List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Pratibha Patil]]
+|-
+! style="background:wheat;" |Acting
+| rowspan="3" |[[File:E.S.L._Narasimhan.jpg|center|131x131px]]
+| rowspan="3" |'''[[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]'''<br />{{small|(1945–)}}
+| style="background:wheat;" |27 December 2009
+| style="background:wheat;" |22 January 2010
+| rowspan="3" |{{ayd|2009|12|27|2019|7|23|format=commas}}
+| rowspan="3" |[[Tamil Nadu]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Governor of Chhattisgarh]]
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |20
+| 23 January 2010
+| 1 June 2014
+|-
+|}
+== List of chief ministers ==
+On 1 November 1956, [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]] ceased to exist; its [[Gulbarga division|Gulbarga]] and [[Aurangabad division]]s were merged into [[Mysore State]] and [[Bombay State]] respectively. Its remaining [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking portion, [[Telangana]], was merged with [[Andhra State]] to form the new state of [[United Andhra Pradesh]]. Sanjiva Reddy was the first chief minister.
+[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was the first chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh, [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] of [[Telugu Desam Party]] was the longest served chief minister and Bhaskar Rao was the shortest serving both belonging to TDP. [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] was the last chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh.
+{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
+! rowspan="2" |#
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
+! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Chief Minister<br>{{small|(Lifespan)<br>Constituency}}
+! colspan="3" |Term of office
+! rowspan="2" style="width:5em" |Election<br>{{small|(Term)}}
+! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Party
+! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Government
+! rowspan="2" style="width:10em" |Appointed by<br>(Governor)
+|-
+!Term start
+!Term end
+!Duration
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |1
+| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
+| rowspan="2" |[[File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg|97x97px]]
+| rowspan="2" |'''[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Srikalahasti Assembly constituency|Srikalahasti]]}}
+| rowspan="2" |1 November 1956
+| rowspan="2" |11 January 1960
+| rowspan="2" |'''{{ayd|1 November 1956|11 January 1960}}'''
+|[[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|1955]]<br>{{small|(1st)}}
+| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Neelam I'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br>{{small|(2nd)}}
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Neelam II'''
+|-
+!2
+|[[File:Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1972)<br>MLA for [[Kurnool Assembly constituency|Kurnool]]}}
+|11 January 1960
+|12 March 1962
+|'''{{ayd|11 January 1960|12 March 1962}}'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Sanjivayya'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[Bhim Sen Sachar]]
+|-
+!(1)
+|[[File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Dhone Assembly constituency|Dhone]]}}
+|12 March 1962
+|21 February 1964
+|'''{{ayd|12 March 1962|21 February 1964}}'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br>{{small|(3rd)}}
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Neelam III'''
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |3
+| rowspan="2" |[[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy.jpg|97x97px]]
+| rowspan="2" |'''[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1994)<br>MLA for [[Narasaraopet Assembly constituency|Narasaraopet]]}}
+| rowspan="2" |21 February 1964
+| rowspan="2" |30 September 1971
+| rowspan="2" |'''{{ayd|21 February 1964|30 September 1971}}'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Kasu I'''
+|[[Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh]]
+|-
+|[[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br>{{small|(4th)}}
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''Kasu II'''
+|[[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
+|-
+!4
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
+|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MLA for [[Manthani Assembly constituency|Manthani]]}}
+|30 September 1971
+|10 January 1973
+|'''{{ayd|30 September 1971|10 January 1973}}'''
+|[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br>{{small|(5th)}}
+| [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''Narasimha'''
+|[[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]]
+|-
+! colspan="11" | {{nobold|''[[President's rule]]<br>'''అధ్యక్ష పాలన''' <br>imposed during the period'' (11 January 1973 {{ndash}} 10 December 1973)}}{{efn|name=PR|''[[President's rule]]'' may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When the President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's rule]". [[Rediff.com]]. 15 March 2005.</ref>}}
+|-
+!5
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1999)<br>MLA for Vemsoor}}
+|10 December 1973
+|6 March 1978
+|'''{{ayd|10 December 1973|6 March 1978}}'''
+|[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br>{{small|(5th)}}
+| [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" | '''Jalagam'''
+|[[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]]
+|-
+!6
+|rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
+|[[File:DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Medchal Assembly constituency|Medchal]]}}
+|6 March 1978
+|11 October 1980
+|'''{{ayd|6 March 1978|11 October 1980}}'''
+| rowspan="4" |[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br>{{small|(6th)}}
+| rowspan=4 |[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''Marri I'''
+|[[Sharda Mukherjee]]
+|-
+!7
+|[[File:Tanguturi Anjayya statue (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Tanguturi Anjaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1986)<br>[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]]}}
+|11 October 1980
+|24 February 1982
+|'''{{ayd|11 October 1980|24 February 1982}}'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''Anjaiah'''
+| rowspan="4" |[[K. C. Abraham]]
+|-
+!8
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy|Bhavanam Venkata Ramireddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2002)<br>[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]]}}
+|24 February 1982
+|20 September 1982
+|'''{{ayd|24 February 1982|20 September 1982}}'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''Bhavanam'''
+|-
+!9
+|[[File:Kaderbad Ravindranath with Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2001)<br>MLA for [[Kurnool Assembly constituency|Kurnool]]}}
+|20 September 1982
+|9 January 1983
+|'''{{ayd|20 September 1982|9 January 1983}}'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''Kotla I'''
+|-
+!10
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
+|[[File:NT Rama Rao.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Tirupati Assembly constituency|Tirupati]]}}
+|9 January 1983
+|16 August 1984
+|'''{{ayd|9 January 1983|16 August 1984}}'''
+| rowspan="3" |[[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br>{{small|(7th)}}
+| [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br>'''తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము'''
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[First N. T. Rama Rao ministry|Rao I]]'''
+|-
+!11
+| bgcolor="#F8DE7E" |
+|[[File:Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, June 2017.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[N. Bhaskara Rao|Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1935)<br>MLA for [[Vemuru Assembly constituency|Vemuru]]}}
+|16 August 1984
+|16 September 1984
+|'''{{ayd|16 August 1984|16 September 1984}}'''
+| [[Telugu Desam Party|Telugu Desam Party (Rebel)]]<br>'''తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము (తిరుగుబాటుదారు)'''
+| bgcolor="#F8DE7E" | '''Nadendla'''
+|[[Thakur Ram Lal]]
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |(10)
+| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
+| rowspan="2" |[[File:NT Rama Rao.jpg|97x97px]]
+| rowspan="2" |'''[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Tirupati Assembly constituency|Tirupati]]}} {{small|1984{{ndash}}1985}}<br>{{small|MLA for [[Hindupur Assembly constituency|Hindupuram]]}} {{small|1985{{ndash}}1989}}
+|16 September 1984
+|9 March 1985
+|'''{{ayd|16 September 1984|9 March 1985}}'''
+| rowspan=2 |[[Telugu Desam Party]]<br>'''తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము'''
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[Second N. T. Rama Rao ministry|Rao II]]'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
+|-
+|9 March 1985
+|3 December 1989
+|'''{{ayd|9 March 1985|3 December 1989}}'''
+|[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br>{{small|(8th)}}
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[Third N. T. Rama Rao ministry|Rao III]]'''
+|-
+!(6)
+| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
+|[[File:DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Sanathnagar Assembly constituency|Sanathnagar]]}}
+|3 December 1989
+|17 December 1990
+|'''{{ayd|3 December 1989|17 December 1990}}'''
+| rowspan="3" |[[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br>{{small|(9th)}}
+| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''Marri II'''
+|[[Kumudben Joshi]]
+|-
+!12
+|[[File:N. Janardhana Reddy (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[N. Janardhana Reddy|Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1935{{ndash}}2014)<br>MLA for [[Venkatagiri Assembly constituency|Venkatagiri]]}}
+|17 December 1990
+|9 October 1992
+|'''{{ayd|17 December 1990|9 October 1992}}'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | '''Janardhana'''
+| rowspan="4" |[[Krishan Kant]]
+|-
+!(9)
+|[[File:Kaderbad Ravindranath with Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2001)<br>MLA for [[Panyam Assembly constituency|Panyam]]}}
+|9 October 1992
+|12 December 1994
+|'''{{ayd|9 October 1992|12 December 1994}}'''
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | '''Kotla II'''
+|-
+!(10)
+| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
+|[[File:NT Rama Rao.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Hindupur Assembly constituency|Hindupuram]]}}
+|12 December 1994
+|1 September 1995
+|'''{{ayd|12 December 1994|1 September 1995}}'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br>{{small|(10th)}}
+| rowspan="3" | [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br>'''తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము'''
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[Fourth N. T. Rama Rao ministry|Rao IV]]'''
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |13
+| rowspan="2" |[[File:N. Chandrababu Naidu (cropped)1.jpg|97x97px]]
+| rowspan="2" |'''[[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MLA for [[Kuppam Assembly constituency|Kuppam]]}}
+|1 September 1995
+|11 October 1999
+|'''{{ayd|1 September 1995|11 October 1999}}'''
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Naidu I]]'''
+|-
+|11 October 1999
+|14 May 2004
+|'''{{ayd|11 October 1999|14 May 2004}}'''
+|[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br>{{small|(11th)}}
+| bgcolor="#F5EC7D" | '''[[Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Naidu II]]'''
+|[[C. Rangarajan]]
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |14
+| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
+| rowspan="2" |[[File:Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Delhi on 10 December 2008 (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+| rowspan="2" |'''[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2009)<br>MLA for [[Pulivendla Assembly constituency|Pulivendla]]}}
+|14 May 2004
+|20 May 2009
+|'''{{ayd|14 May 2004|20 May 2009}}'''
+|[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br>{{small|[[12th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|(12th)]]}}
+| rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]<br>'''భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''[[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Reddy I]]'''
+|[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
+|-
+|20 May 2009
+|2 September 2009
+|'''{{ayd|20 May 2009|2 September 2009}}'''
+| rowspan="3" |[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br>{{small|[[13th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|(13th)]]}}
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''[[Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Reddy II]]'''
+| rowspan="2" |[[N. D. Tiwari]]
+|-
+!15
+|[[File:Konijeti Rosaiah BNC.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Konijeti Rosaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2021)<br>[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]]}}
+|3 September 2009
+|25 November 2010
+|'''{{ayd|3 September 2009|25 November 2010}}'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''[[Konijeti Rosaiah ministry|Rosaiah]]'''
+|-
+!16
+|[[File:Kiran Kumar Reddy.JPG|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Kiran Kumar Reddy|Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MLA for [[Pileru Assembly constituency|Pileru]]}}
+|25 November 2010
+|1 March 2014
+|'''{{ayd|25 November 2010|1 March 2014}}'''
+| bgcolor="#87CEEB" | '''[[Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry|Kiran]]'''
+|[[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
+|-
+! colspan="11" | {{nobold|''[[President's rule]]<br>'''అధ్యక్ష పాలన''' <br> imposed during the period'' (1 March 2014 {{ndash}} 1 June 2014)}}{{efn|name=PR}}{{efn|name=PR2|After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.}}
+|}
+== List of Deputy chief ministers ==
+The list of deputy [[chief minister]]s in the [[India]]n former state of [[United Andhra Pradesh]] include:
+'''Keys:'''
+{{legend2|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
+{| class ="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
+! rowspan="2" |#
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
+! rowspan="2" |Deputy Chief Minister<br>{{small|(Lifespan)<br>Constituency}}
+! colspan="2" |Term of the office
+! rowspan="2" |Election<br>{{small|(Assembly)}}
+! rowspan="2" |Party
+! rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
+! rowspan="2" |'''Government'''
+|-
+!Term start
+!'''Term end'''
+|-
+! rowspan="2" | 1
+| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
+| rowspan="2" | [[File:Konda_Venkata_Ranga_Reddy,_1952.jpg|center|146x146px]]
+| rowspan="2" | '''[[Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy]]'''<br/>{{small|(1890{{ndash}}1970)<br>MLA for [[Chevella Assembly constituency|Chevella]]}}
+| 1959
+| 11 January 1960
+|[[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|1955]]<br/>{{small|(1st)}}
+| rowspan="6" |[[Indian National Congress]]
+| [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Neelam II'''
+|-
+|11 January 1960
+|12 March 1962
+|[[1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br/>{{small|(2nd)}}
+|[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Sanjivayya'''
+|-
+! 2
+| [[File:J.V.Narasingarao.jpg|center|156x156px]]
+| '''[[J. V. Narsing Rao]]'''<br/>{{small|MLA for [[Mancherial Assembly constituency|Luxettipeta]]}}
+| 1967
+| 30 September 1971
+|[[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br/>{{small|(4th)}}
+| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Kasu II'''
+|-
+! 3
+|
+| '''[[B. V. Subba Reddy]]'''<br/>{{small|(1903{{ndash}}1974)}}<br/>{{small|MLA for [[Koilakuntla]]}}
+|30 September 1971
+|11 November 1972
+|[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br/>{{small|(5th)}}
+|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Narasimha'''
+|-
+! colspan="10" | {{nobold|''[[President's rule]] imposed during the period'' (11 January 1973 {{ndash}} 10 December 1973)}}{{efn|name=PR}}
+|-
+! (3)
+|
+| '''[[B. V. Subba Reddy]]'''<br/>{{small|(1903{{ndash}}1974)}}<br/>{{small|MLA for [[Koilakuntla]]}}
+|30 December 1973
+|7 June 1974
+|[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br/>{{small|(5th)}}
+|[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Vengala'''
+|-
+! 4
+| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
+|
+| '''[[C. Jagannatha Rao]]'''<br/>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2012)<br>MLA for [[Narsapur Assembly constituency|Narsapur]]}}
+| 24 February 1982
+| 20 September 1982
+|[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br/>{{small|(6th)}}
+| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
+| [[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Bhavanam'''
+|-
+! 5
+|
+| '''[[Koneru Ranga Rao]]'''<br/>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2010)<br>MLA for [[Tiruvuru Assembly constituency|Tiruvuru]]}}
+| 9 October 1992
+| 12 December 1994
+|[[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br/>{{small|(9th)}}
+| [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''Kotla I'''
+|-
+! 6
+| [[File:Damodara_Rajanarsimha.jpg|center|144x144px]]
+|'''[[Damodar Raja Narasimha]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1958)<br>MLA for [[Andole Assembly constituency|Andole]]}}
+| 10 June 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Raja Narasimha is deputy CM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Raja-Narasimha-is-deputy-CM/articleshow/8808101.cms |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=11 June 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
+| 1 February 2014<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reddy |first1=B. Muralidhar |last2=Joshua |first2=Anita |title=Andhra Pradesh to be under President's Rule |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-to-be-under-presidents-rule/article5736028.ece |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=28 February 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
+|[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br/>({{small|[[13th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|13th]]}})
+| [[N. Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
+|bgcolor="#87CEEB"|'''[[Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry|Kiran]]'''
+|-
+! colspan="10" | {{nobold|''[[President's rule]] imposed during the period'' (1 March 2014 {{ndash}} 7 June 2014)}}{{efn|name=PR}}{{efn|name=PR2}}
+|}
+== List of Leaders of opposition in Assembly ==
+In fact [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] is the longest-serving leader of the opposition. He served as leader of opposition in [[United Andhra Pradesh|United]] [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for a period of 2004 – 2014 in Andhra which includes current day [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] states [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] is the last leader of opposition of [[United Andhra Pradesh]] before its bifurcation.
+{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
+! rowspan=2 |#
+! rowspan=2 colspan="2" |Portrait
+! rowspan=2 style="width:16em" |Leader of the opposition<br>{{small|(Lifespan)<br>Constituency}}
+! colspan="3" |Term of the office
+! rowspan=2 style="width:5em" |Election<br>{{small|(Assembly)}}
+! rowspan=2 style="width:8em" |Party
+! rowspan=2 style="width:8em" |Chief Minister
+! rowspan=2 style="width:10em" |Appointed by<br>([[List of speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Speaker]])
+|-
+!Term start
+!Term end
+!Duration
+|-
+!rowspan=2 |1
+|rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
+|rowspan=2 |[[File:Sundaraiah-Puchalapalli.jpg|97x97px]]
+|rowspan=2 |'''[[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]]'''<br>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1985)<br>MLA for [[Gannavaram, Krishna Assembly constituency|Gannavaram]]}}
+|1956
+|1957
+|'''1 year'''
+|[[1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1955]]<br>{{small|(1st)}}
+|rowspan=4 |[[Communist Party of India]]
+|[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao]]
+|-
+|1957
+|1962
+|'''5 years'''
+|[[1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br>{{small|(2nd)}}
+|[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
+----
+[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]
+|-
+!2
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[T. Nagi Reddy|Tarimela Nagi Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1976)<br>MLA for [[Puttur, Andhra Pradesh Assembly constituency|Puttur]]}}
+|1962
+|1964
+|'''2 years'''
+|rowspan=2 |[[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br>{{small|(3rd)}}
+|[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
+| rowspan="4" |[[B. V. Subba Reddy]]
+|-
+!3
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|1.'''[[Arutla Kamala Devi]]'''<br>{{small|<br>MLA for [[Alair Assembly constituency|Alair]]}}<br />2.'''Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu'''<br>{{small|<br>MLA for [[Nandigama Assembly constituency|Nandigama]]}}
+|1964
+|1967
+|'''3 years'''
+| rowspan="3" |[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
+|-
+!4
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
+|[[File:Gouthu Lachchanna (cropped).png|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Gouthu Latchanna]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1976)<br>MLA for [[Sompeta Assembly constituency|Sompeta]]}}
+|1967
+|1969
+|'''2 years'''
+|rowspan=2 |[[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br>{{small|(4th)}}
+|[[Swatantra Party]]
+|-
+!5
+|
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Nukala Ramachandra Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1974)<br>MLA for [[Dornakal Assembly constituency|Dornakal]]}}
+|1969
+|1971
+|'''2 years'''
+|
+|-
+!6
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
+|
+|'''Vacant'''
+|1972
+|1977
+|'''5 years'''
+|rowspan=2 |[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br>{{small|(5th)}}
+|[[Communist Party of India]]
+|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao]]
+----
+[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
+| rowspan="2" |Pidatala Ranga Reddy
+|-
+!7
+|
+|
+|'''Vacant'''
+|1977
+|1978
+|'''1 year'''
+|
+|[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
+|-
+!(4)
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
+|[[File:Gouthu Lachchanna (cropped).png|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Gouthu Latchanna]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}2006)<br>MLA for [[Sompeta Assembly constituency|Sompeta]]}}
+|31 March 1978
+|1983
+|'''5 years'''
+|[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br>{{small|(6th)}}
+|[[Janata Party]]
+|[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
+----
+[[T. Anjaiah]]
+----
+[[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]]
+----
+[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
+|Divi Kondaiah Chowdary
+|-
+!8
+|rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Ananthula Madan Mohan]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2004)<br>MLA for [[Siddipet Assembly constituency|Siddipet]]}}
+|19 January 1983
+|23 November 1984
+|'''{{ayd|19 January 1983|23 November 1984}}'''
+|[[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br>{{small|(7th)}}
+| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
+|[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]
+----
+[[N. Bhaskara Rao|Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]]
+----
+[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]
+|[[Tangi Satyanarayana]]
+|-
+!9
+|[[File:Circle-icons-profile.svg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Mogaligundla Baga Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2004)<br>MLA for [[Zahirabad Assembly constituency|Zahirabad]]}}
+|14 March 1985
+|28 November 1989
+|'''{{ayd|14 March 1985|28 November 1989}}'''
+|[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br>{{small|(8th)}}
+|[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]
+|G. Narayana Rao
+|-
+!10
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
+|[[File:NT Rama Rao.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)<br>MLA for [[Hindupur Assembly constituency|Hindupur]]}}
+|5 January 1990
+|10 December 1994
+|'''{{ayd|5 January 1990|10 December 1994}}'''
+|[[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br>{{small|(9th)}}
+|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
+|[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
+----
+[[N. Janardhana Reddy|Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy]]
+----
+[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
+|P. Ramachandra Reddy
+|-
+!11
+|rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
+|[[File:Indian National Congress party MLA, P. Janardhan Reddy.jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[P. Janardhan Reddy|Paripati Janardhan Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1948{{ndash}}2007)<br>MLA for [[Khairatabad Assembly constituency|Khairatabad]]}}
+|24 March 1995
+|9 October 1999
+|'''{{ayd|24 March 1995|9 October 1999}}'''
+|[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br>{{small|(10th)}}
+|rowspan=2 |[[Indian National Congress]]
+|[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]
+----
+[[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]
+|[[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]]
+|-
+!12
+|[[File:Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Delhi on 10 December 2008 (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
+|'''[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1949{{ndash}}2009)<br>MLA for [[Pulivendla Assembly constituency|Pulivendla]]}}
+|12 November 1999
+|14 November 2003
+|'''{{ayd|12 November 1999|14 November 2003}}'''
+|[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br>{{small|(11th)}}
+|[[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]
+|[[K. Prathibha Bharathi]]
+|-
+!rowspan=2 |13
+|rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
+|rowspan=2 |[[File:N. Chandrababu Naidu (cropped)1.jpg|97x97px]]
+|rowspan=2 |'''[[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MLA for [[Kuppam Assembly constituency|Kuppam]]}}
+|2 June 2004
+|19 May 2009
+|'''{{ayd|2 June 2004|19 May 2009}}'''
+|[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br>{{small|[[12th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|(12th)]]}}
+|rowspan=2 |[[Telugu Desam Party]]
+|[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy]]
+|[[K. R. Suresh Reddy]]
+|-
+|19 May 2009
+|28 April 2014
+|'''{{ayd|19 May 2009|28 April 2014}}'''
+|[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br>{{small|[[13th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|(13th)]]}}
+|[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy]]
+----
+[[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
+----
+[[N. Kiran Kumar Reddy|Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
+|[[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
+|}
+== Creation of Telangana ==
+{{See also|Telangana movement|Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|Samaikyandhra Movement}}
+After decades of protests and agitations, the central government, under the [[United Progressive Alliance]], decided to bifurcate the existing Andhra Pradesh state and on 2 June 2014, the Union Cabinet unilaterally cleared the bill for the creation of Telangana. Lasting for almost 5 decades, it was one of the longest lasting movements for statehood in South India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/cabinet-clears-telangana-bill/article5664852.ece |title=Cabinet clears Telangana Bill |first1=B. Muralidhar |last1=Reddy |first2=Vinay |last2=Kumar |work=The Hindu |date=7 February 2014 |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225064347/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/cabinet-clears-telangana-bill/article5664852.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 February 2014, the [[Lok Sabha]] passed the bill with a [[voice vote]]. Subsequently, the bill was passed by the [[Rajya Sabha]] two days later, on 20 February.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha passes Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/lok-sabha-passes-andhra-pradesh-reorganization-bill/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=18 February 2014|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225064350/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/lok-sabha-passes-andhra-pradesh-reorganization-bill/|url-status=live}}</ref> As per the bill, Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana, while the city would also remain the capital of the residual state of Andhra Pradesh for no more than ten years. Hyderabad was the de jure joint capital. On 2 June 2014, [[Telangana]] was created with Hyderabad as its capital
+The [[Telangana movement]] refers to a movement for the creation of a state, Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad.
+== See also ==
-==History==
+* [[Telugu states]]
-{{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>
+== Notes ==
+{{notelist}}
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:1956 in India]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)}}
+[[Category:1956 establishments in India]]
 [[Category:History of Telangana]]
-[[Category:History of Andhra Pradesh (2014–present)]]
+[[Category:History of Andhra Pradesh (1947–2014)]]
 [[Category:Rayalaseema]]
 [[Category:History of Hyderabad, India]]
 [[Category:Former states and territories of India]]
+[[Category:2014 disestablishments in India]]