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'''Chimakurthy''' is a Town with civic status as Nagar Panchayath in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is also a mandal headquarters for Chimakurthi mandal in [[Ongole revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prakasam District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |accessdate=19 June 2015|pages=146, 176|format=PDF}}</ref>
'''Chimakurthy''' is a town with civic status as Nagar Panchayath in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is also a mandal headquarters for [[Chimakurthi mandal]] in [[Ongole revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prakasam District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |accessdate=19 June 2015|pages=146, 176|format=PDF}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 mandals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Bapatla District | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 6 September 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Postage stamp honuuring T.Prakasam]]
Ongole district was created in 1970 with three revenue divisions of Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore districts. In 1972, it was renamed Prakasam district in memory of [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], freedom fighter, chief Minister of undivided Madras state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Presently (2023), it has 38 mandals in 3 revenue divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228161029/http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |title =  Industrial Profile of Prakasam district |work = District Info |publisher = Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date = 2 November 2023 |archive-url = http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |archive-date =  28 December 2013|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Prakasam District| work= About District > History|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/  | title= Prakasam district | work= About District > Administrative Setup > Divisionwise Mandal List |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[Prakasam district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Prakasam district]]


== References ==
== References ==
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