The Telugu States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangna were once a part of the Madras Presidency, and Madras was the capital city. Many an agitation and sacrifice later, with the death of Sri Potti Sriramulu when he fasted for 56 days, unto his end, Andhra Pradesh was formed. The first capital city of Andhra Pradesh was not Hyderabad but Kurnool. This presentation brings you more on this, and how the capital shifted to Hyderabad when the Nizam finally agreed to merge his kingom with the Indian Republic in 1958, how Amaravathi became the capital city of the new Andhra Pradesh and eventually how a two other cities are also to be co-capitals of this new state.

Kranthi Kumar

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