Capital :
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Hyderabad
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Population:
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7,61,11,243
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Language:
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Telugu and Urdu.
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Climate :
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People :
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The people of Andhra
Pradesh speak Telugu and are tall,with thick and protruding noses,with straight
hair and yellow skin. The other inhabitants of the Andhra Pradesh
include the tribal communities. The tribal people worship their own pantheon
of nature gods and goddesses and continue to revel in their ancient customs
and manners. Their languages do not have scripts and are essentially verbal.
There are certain nomadic tribes
that include
Piccukaguntlu,Balasanta,Saradakandru,Viramushtivaru,Bavanilu,Birannalavaru,Gollasuddulu,Dasarulu,Jangamulu,Kommuvaru
etc are Telugu nomads whose main occupation is ballad singing.
Among non-Telugu nomads,Lambadis
also called Sugalis are very prominent. Originally they were Rajasthani's who
took to a nomadic way of life and moved in batches towards the south of the
sub-continent.
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Economy :
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The major Crops that are cultivated
are cotton,Millets,Oil seeds,Pulses,Rice,Sugarcane,Tobacco.
The major industries are textile
manufacture,sugar-milling,machine
tools,pharmaceuticals,cement,chemicals,glass,fertilizers,eletronic
equpt,heavy electrical machinery,aircraft parts and paper making.
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Minerals :
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Andhra Pradesh is an important
producer of asbestos and barytes. Other important minerals are copper
ore,coal,iron and limestone,steatite,mica and manganese.
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Culture :
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The classical dance form of Andhra
Pradesh is Kuchipudi that originated in Kuchelapuram.
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History :
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Andhra Pradesh has been the home
of the Pre- Dravidian dark coloured inhabitants. Andhra region witnessed the
rule of Chandragupta Maurya during which it established itself as an
independent kingdom. However after Ashoka,the Mauryan empire declined.
From 230 B.C. to 200 A.D. the
Satavahanas one of the oldest of the dynasties ruled over this region. They
held sway over the whole of the Deccan and far into Northern India. By the
3rd century A.D. Ikshvakus overpowered Satavahanas. Andra region was ruled by
various other dynasties from 3rd to 6th century like the Pallavas of
Kanchi,the Anandas and the Chalukyas exercised their power for many
centuries.
The Kakatiyas who were the
feudatories of the Eastern Chalukyas came into power by the 12th century. In
1332 A.D. Ulugh Khan established the Reddi Kingdom of Kondavidu called the
Velama kingdom. The Vijayanagar Kingdom also ruled independently. The region
was dominated by Muslim power at the time of emperor Muhammad Tughlag.
Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah ruled the
region from 1518 to 1687 and it was during his rule that the city of Hyderabad came
into existence. In 1687 the Mughals overpowered QUtub Shah. Followed were the
empires of Nizams who influenced Andhra region before it was ceded to the
East India Company. Gradually the whole of Andhra Pradesh except Hyderabad
was under the British till 1947. In 1956 Andhra Pradesh was declared as a
state.
When India became
independent,Telugu-speaking people were distributed in about 21 districts in
South India. Twelve of these districts formed part of the Madras Presidency
and the other nine constituted the princely state of Hyderabad which was
ruled by the Nizam.
The Nizam sought to become an
independent ruler even after the British left India but after a brief action
from the Indian Union government in 1949,Hyderabad became a part of the
India. In the year 1953 the Telugu-speaking areas that were separated from
Madras Presidency and thus Andhra Pradesh came into being whose capital was
Kurnool. Later,the nine districts that had been ruled by the Nizam were added
to the state and the present-day Andhra Pradesh was established on November
1,1956.
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