AP State Legislative Assembly

The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Building, located in Hyderabad city, is the seat of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature.
It was built in 1913, the building was originally the Hyderabad Town hall. The Citizens of Princely state of Hyderabad raised money to build it to mark the 40th birthday of Nizam Mir Mahboob Ali Khan in 1905. This white gem of Hyderabad's architectural splendor was designed by specially commissioned architects.

Get Your vote right

Several elections have been decided by a single vote. So it is therefore important to vote to have your say about what happens to you and to the people in the nation.Are you 18 years old ?Then its important and easy to get your voting right and voter id card if you are a citizen of AP.

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Basara Saraswati Temple

One among the two temples of this Goddess in India is Basara Saraswathi Temple, other one is in Kashmir. The temple of Basara, the abode of Goddess of Learning, Goddess Saraswathi is the most important and most visited place in Adilabad District. Located on the banks of river Godavari, Basara

Nalgonda : Nandikonda

Religions such as Buddhism also flourished in AP in the past.Nandi konda situated in Nalgonda is a good example for this. Nandi Konda is a small village on the bank of Krishna River where several Buddhist structures like monasteries and pillared halls were unearthed  and preserved in a Museum of Central Archeological Department

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Warangal

Warangal also known as Orugallu, and Ekasila Nagaram) is a city and the district headquarters of Warangal district in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Warangal is 2nd largest city in Telangana region and 4th largest city in Andhra Pradesh.
Warangal was the capital of Kakatiya kingdom ruled by the Kakatiya dynasty from the 12th to the 14th centuries.
Ramappa temple,thousand pillar temple are some of the popular and interesting places to visit here

 

Salar Jung Museum

The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Darushifa, on the southern bank of the Musi
 river in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.The Salarjung Museum is the third largest museum in India housing the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world
The Indian historical collections includes

• The paintings of legendary Raja Ravi Varma
• Aurangzeb's sword.
• Jade crafted daggers of, Emperor Jehangir, Noorjahan and Shah Jehan.
• A wardrobe of Tipu Sultan and
• A tiffin box made of gold and diamond

The furniture collection belonging from the time of Louis14^th-17^th and Napoleon

 Salar Jung III collected about 43,000 artifacts and 50,000 books and manuscripts out of which only few are displayed in today's museum.

Have  a look of the official website here

Theme song on Andhra Pradesh

Cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad

One of the most popular sports in Andhra Pradesh is cricket.
The Hyderabad Cricket Association nurtures potential international players.
The Hyderabad cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy twice.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad and ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, regularly host international matches.
 The Sunrisers Hyderabad, an Indian Premier League franchise, is based in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.
It is a cricket franchise based in Hyderabad by the IPL Governing Council.
 The team is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun TV Network.
 Kumar Sangakkara is the captain, though to his recent bad form Cameron White has been captaining the squad.
 Tom Moody is the head coach and Simon Helmot is the assistant coach of the team.
Krish Srikkanth and VVS Laxman are the mentors of the team while Waqar Younis is the bowling coach of the team.

Andhra Pradesh :The Essence of Incredible India

APSRTC

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation or APSRTC is the state owned road transport corporation in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is acknowledged as the single corporation having the largest fleet in the world. This has been certified by the Guinness World Records for being the largest bus operator in the world.

Ramoji Film City

The Ramoji Film City  situated near Hayathnagar in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.It is the largest integrated film city.It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing both natural and artificial attractions including an amusement park.

Seems Amazing right?Have a look at its official website.

Festivals In Andhra Pradesh

Festivals in Andhra Pradesh are celebrated by the people of the state very religiously. Some of the festivals are religious and some are even arranged by the government of the state of Andhra Pradesh This is mainly done with a purpose to expand the tourism. Some of the popular Andhra Pradesh Festivals include the Deccan Festival, Visaka Utsav, Lumbini Festival and Rayalaseema Food and Dance Festival.
The Other festivals celebrated are
Holi
Id-ul-fitr
Krishna ashtami
MahaShivaratri
NagaPanchami
Muharram
Sankranthi
and so on

Golconda Fort

Golkonda also known as Golla konda (shepherd's hill) a ruined city of south India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda (c.1518–1687), is situated 11 km west of Hyderabad. It is also a mandal of Hyderabad District. The region is universally famous for the mines that have produced the world's most famous and coveted gems, including The Hope Diamond, Idol's Eye, The Koh-i-Noor and Darya-i-Noor.

 

Have a look of Golconda the ancient fort built by Qutub Shahi kings in this video

Charminar : Major Landmark of Hyderabad

A splendid piece of architecture the Charminar, built in 1591 CE, is a monument and mosque located at

center of old city, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The landmark has become a global icon of Hyderabad, listed among the most recognized structures of India.

Hyderabad:The capital of A.P

Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Occupying 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) on the banks of the Musi River, it has a population of 6.8 million in 2011 with a metropolitan population of 7.75 million, making it India's fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration.

A complete detail information about Hyderabad can be found here

Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh : This is a list of people who have served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh .
1.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
2.Damodaram Sanjivayya
3.Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
4.Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
5.Jalagam Vengala Rao
6.Marri Chenna Reddy
7.Tanguturi Anjaiah
8.Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy
9.Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
10.Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
11.Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
12.Nara Chandrababu Naidu
13.Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhar Reddy
14.Konijeti Rosaiah
15.Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
The details about their terms can be found here.

Andhra Pradesh is divided into three regions- Telangana , Rayalaseema and CoastalAndhra.

• Telangana consists of the 10 districts of Hyderabad, Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and Warangal.
• Rayalaseema comprises the 4 districts of Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool.
• Coastal Andhra comprises the 9 districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavar, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore.
  

Andhra Pradesh  abbreviation A.P. is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the country's southeastern coast. It is India's fourth largest  state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka

to the west.