19 Facts About Andhra Pradesh

1. Andhra Pradesh is one of the poorer agricultural states of India.

2. Andhra Pradesh is largely on a coastal plain drained by the Penner, Krishna, and Godavari rivers.

3. Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India whose recorded history begins in the Vedic period.

4. Andhra Pradesh was separated on June 2nd, 2014 to form the State of Telangana.

5. Andhra Pradesh won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to win after Prakash Padukone.

6. The Government of Andhra Pradesh established Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in 2008 to cater to the education needs of the rural youth of Andhra Pradesh.

7. Andhra Pradesh is known as Gadya Tikkana and was the author of Telugu social novel, Satyavati Charitam.

8. Andhra Pradesh was replaced by Janardhan Reddy in 1990, who was replaced by Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy in 1992.

9. Majority of the people in Andhra Pradesh are Hindus while Muslims constitute a sizeable minority.

10. Andhra Pradesh draws HC ire by using wet land for urban housing.

11. Andhra Pradesh records over 4,000 infant deaths in five months.

12. Andhra Pradesh will recover from Centre every penny spent on Amaravati, says CM Chandrababu Naidu.

13. Andhra Pradesh has one of the country's largest port at Visakhapatnam in terms of cargo handling.

14. Andhra Pradesh is listed top in the deposit and production of mica in India.

15. Andhra Pradesh is one of the storehouses of mineral resources in India.

16. In 1994, Andhra Pradesh gave a mandate to the Telugu Desam Party again, and NTR became the chief minister again.

17. In the Parliament of India, Andhra Pradesh has 11 seats in the Rajya Sabha, and 25 seats in the Lok Sabha.

18. Climate of Andhra Pradesh varies considerably, depending on the geographical region.

19. The economy of Andhra Pradesh is the seventh-largest state economy in India with 8.70 lakh crore in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of 142,000 (US$2,000).