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🏛️ History of Andhra Pradesh Notes
Andhra from the Satavahanas and Eastern Chalukyas through Vijayanagara and Golconda to the freedom movement, the Andhra movement of 1953 and the reorganisation of 2014.
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- 01Satavahanas & Ancient AndhraEarly references to the Andhras, Mauryan edicts in Andhra, the Satavahana empire and its Andhra capital Dhanyakataka (Amaravati), Buddhism and the great stupas, Acharya Nagarjuna, and the main inscriptions and sites.Read →
- 02Ikshvakus, Pallavas & Eastern ChalukyasPost-Satavahana dynasties of Andhra — Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri, Brihatphalayanas, Salankayanas of Vengi, Vishnukundins, the Pallavas' Andhra beginnings, and the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi with Nannaya and the first Telugu Mahabharata.Read →
- 03Kakatiyas, Reddi Kingdoms & the Vijayanagara EmpireAndhra under the Kakatiyas, the Reddi kingdoms of Kondavidu and Rajahmundry, the Vijayanagara empire — Krishnadevaraya, the Ashtadiggajas and Telugu literature — the Battle of Talikota and the Aravidu rulers at Penukonda and Chandragiri.Read →
- 04Qutb Shahis, Asaf Jahis & the Coming of the EuropeansCoastal Andhra under the Qutb Shahis of Golconda, European factories on the Andhra coast (Masulipatnam, Bheemunipatnam, Yanam), the Northern Circars, the Asaf Jahi Nizams, the Subsidiary Alliance and the Ceded Districts that became Rayalaseema.Read →
- 05Freedom Movement in AndhraAndhra's part in the national movement — the Vandemataram movement, Non-Cooperation campaigns at Chirala–Perala, Pedanandipadu and Palnadu, the Rampa rebellion of Alluri Sitarama Raju, Civil Disobedience and Quit India, and the leaders who shaped it.Read →
- 06Andhra Movement & Formation of Andhra StateThe demand for a separate Telugu state — the Andhra Mahasabha of 1913, Andhra University, the Sribagh Pact of 1937, the Dhar Commission and JVP Committee, Potti Sriramulu's fast, the formation of Andhra State in 1953 with Kurnool as capital, and the merger into Andhra Pradesh in 1956.Read →
- 07Reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh (2014) & AfterThe Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 — its main provisions (common capital, Polavaram, institutions, river boards, special assistance), the capital question from Amaravati to three capitals and back, the 2022 district reorganisation and key issues of residuary Andhra Pradesh.Read →
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