Home Andhra Pradesh ANDHRA PRADESH FACTS

ANDHRA PRADESH FACTS

1210
0
ANDHRA PRADESH
Formation1 November 1956
CapitalHyderabad
Proposed capitalAmaravathi
Major LanguageTelugu
Official AnimalBlack Buck
Official BirdIndian Roller
State FlowerWater Lilies
State TreeNeem
Official DanceKuchupudi
Major RiversGodavari, Krishna
Major lakeKolleru
High CourtHyderabad
Major FestivalDasara, Deepavali
AirportVisakhapatnam Airport, Sri Satyasai Airport at Puttaparthi
National Parks1.Nelapattu bird sanctuary 2.Sri Venkateswara National Park 3.Papikonda National Park
Wildlife Sanctuary1.Rollapadu WLS 2. Corringa WLS
Irrigation projects1.Nagarjuna Sagar  2.Sri Sailam 3.Nizam Sagar  4.Alamatty
Major Temples1. Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 2. Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh 3. Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh 4. Srikalahasthi 5. Puttaparthi 6. Mantralayam 7. Chitoor 8. Srisailam 9. Lepakshi 10. Machelipattanam 11. Guntur 12. Vizhiyanagaram 13.Ahobilam Temple 14.TadipatriTemple
Major Tourist Destinations1. Visakhapatnam, 2. Araku Valley 3. Ananthagiri Hills, 4. Vijayawada, 5. Kurnool, 6. Srisailam, 7.. Gandikota 8. Chitoor 9.Nelliore 10. Kakinada 11. Lepakshi 12.Machilipatnam 13. Rajahmundry 14.Konaseema 15.Annavaram 16.Nagarjunakonda 17. Samalkot 18.Borra Caves 19. Yaganti 20.Horsley Hills 21. Rishikonda Beach 22. Bhavani Island 23. Oravakallu Rock Garden 24.Maredumilli 25. Draksharamam 26. Rayadurg 27. Lambasingi 28. Kaigal Falls 29. Nagalapuram 30. Chiraral Beach
Food1. Pulihora 2. Chepa Pulusu 3. Gongura Pickle Ambadi 4. Pesarattu 5. Andhra Chicken Biryani 6. Gutti Vankaya Koora 7. Punugulu 8. Bobbatlu
  1. First State formed on linguistic basis
  2. The State known as Egg bowl of India
  3. South Indian state having the largest coastal area
  4. State having the second largest coastal area in India
  5. South Indian state which leads in the production of rice
  6. The state which leads in the production of tobacco
  7. First Indian state to constitute e-Cabinet
  8. The State to form e-Cops as a special team to prevent cyber crimes .
  9. Cyber state of India
  10. The state known as Kohinoor of India
  11. The headquarters of Hindustan Petroleum is inVishakapatnam
  12. The State which produces large amount of Hydro electricity
  13. First South Indian state to implement Panchayat Raj System
  14. Kolleru, the fresh water lake is situated inAndhra Pradesh
  15. Pulicat lake is situated in the state of Andhra Pradesh
  16. The famous Belum and Borra caves are situated in Andhra Pradesh
  17. Horsley Hills is located in Andhra Pradesh
  18. India’s first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ)
  19. Agnigundala Coppermine, Tummalapalle uranium mine are in Andhra Pradesh
  20. Nagarjuna Buddhist Palace and Tirupati Venkateswara Temple are in Andhra Pradesh
  21. First Indian state to recognise the dwarfs as differently abled /disabled
  22. The state which leads in the production of cement
  23. First Indian state to build an underwater tunnel
  24. Indian state which leads to the production cryolite asbestos
  25. The cultural capital of Andhra Pradesh is Rajahmundry
  26. Central Tobacco Research Station is situated atRajahmundry
  27. Telugu Ganga project is an irrigation project for Chennai using drinking water from the river Krishna
  28. Nagarjuna Sagar dam is situated on the riverKrishna
  29. Vijayawada town is situated on the banks of the riverKrishna
  30. Amaravathi is located on the banks of the riverKrishna
  31. Biggest Tiger Reserve in India is Nagarjuna Srisailam
  32. The Tiger Reserve which extends to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is Nagarjuna Srisailam
  33. The headquarters of Kakatiya dynasty which ruled Andhra Pradesh earlier
  34. Is Warangal
  35. Major gold field of Andhra Pradesh – Ramgiri (Anantapur)
  36. First Cyber Grameen Centre in India was set up atVenkatachallam Village (Nellore district)
  37. First Medical University in India is NTR University of Health Science
  38. NTR University of Health Science is situated inVijayawada
  39. The river known as life line of Andhra Pradesh is Godavari
  40. The longest river in Andhra Pradesh is Godavari
  41. The river known as Vridha Ganga  is Godavari
  42. The canal which links Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is Buckingham canal
  43. The place known as city of fertilizers:  Kakinada
  44. First biodiesel plant in India is in  Kakinada
  45. National Palm Oil Research Centre is at Pedavegi
  46. Deepest land locked port in India: Visakhapatnam sea port
  47. Hindustan Shipyard, India’s first ship building yard is at Visakhapatnam
  48. INS Kurusura submarine museum was set up at Visakhapatnam
  49. National Ship Design and Research Centre is situated at Visakhapatnam
  50. First ship constructed fully in India after Independence was built atScindia shipyard
  51. First ship constructed fully in India after Independence : Jal Usha
  52. Indira Gandhi Zoological park is located: Visakhapatnam
  53. The remains of the Pak Submarine PNS Ghazi after sinking in the 1971 Indo Pak War is kept in Visakhapatnam
  54. Central sanskrit Insitute is situated at Tirupati
  55. The temple which leads in terms of income is Tirupati Venkateswara Temple
  56. The place from where the large amount of hair is exported in India : Tirupati
  57. Temple of seven hills: Tirupati
  58. The only satellite launching station of India: Sriharikota
  59. Sriharikota is situated at Potti Sreeramalu (Nellur)district
  60. First Rubber dam in India was built in Andhra Pradesh
  61. India’s first rubber dam is installed across  Janjavathi
  62. The Dravidian language which is used as mother tongue by most number of people : Telugu
  63. Second longest cave in India: Belum Cave
  64. Longest Indian cave on plain area : Belum Cave
  65. Largest agricultural market yard in India : Guntur
  66. The jewel mine from which the Kohinbor was discovered in  Golkonda
  67. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was started at Bandlapalli
  68. First Regional Party in India which became the opposition in Parliament Telugu Desam Party
  69. First place Ip India to start Bhoodan movement: Pochampalli (1951)
  70. First Chief Minister of Hyderabad State : M.K.Vellodi
  71. First Chief Minister of Andhra State : T. Prakasam
  72. First Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
  73. The search for former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Nallamala forest ranges named as Operation Nallamala by Indian Airforce
  74. The district formed on the name of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy : Kadappa
  75. Former Chief Minister of Kerala to become the governor of Andhra Pradesh later : Pattom Thanupillai
  76. Prajarajyam is the political party founded by Telugu Actor  Chiranjeevi
  77. When Andhra state was formed in 1953, its capital was: Kurnool
  78. Capital of Eastern Chalukyas wasVengi
  79. In 1611, the British started their Trading post at Machilipatnam
  80. Largest masonry dam in the worl Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
  81. The Tribe which is seen in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh: Chench
  82. Vajrayana Budhism was originated in Amaravati
  83. Joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the next ten years (since bifurcation) : Hyderabad
  84. The place in Andhra Pradesh which was under the rule of Portuguese: Yanam
  85. India’s first open University: Andhra Open University
  86. Andhra Open University is now known as  B.R. Ambedkar Open University
  87. The military group which was formed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to suppress the Naxalites: Grey Hunt
  88. The famous hill station located in Visakhapatnam: Arak Valley
  89. Andhra kesari is known by – T.Prakasam
  90. Andhra Bhojan is known by Krishna Devaraya
  91. Amarajeevi is known by Potti Sriramalu
  92. Founder of Modern Andhra Vireshalingam
  93. Pitamaba of Telugu : Krishna Devaraya
  94. Second Madras Commercial Capital of Andhra Pradesh – Vijayawada
  95. NTR – N.T. Ramarao
  96. Eastern Goa – Visakhapatnam
  97. Bhagadeyathinte – Visakhapatnam
  98. Italian of the East – Telugu