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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh {an'-druh pruh-daysh'} Andhra Pradesh is a state in southeast India, bounded by the Bay of Bengal on the east and Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras) on the south. It covers 276,754 sq km (106,856 sq mi) and has a population of 48,630,000 (1977 est.). The state capital and largest city is HYDERABAD (1971 pop., 1,607,396). The region is bisected by the Eastern Ghats, which divide the coastal plain from the arid Deccan Plateau to the west. The major economic activity is agriculture; cotton, rice, corn, wheat, tobacco, and sugarcane are the main crops. light industry is concentrated in Hyderabad, Vishkapatnam, and Vijayawada.The Buddhist Andhra dynasty, from which the state derives its name, ruled here from c.230 BC to AD 230. In the 14th to the 16th century, the Vijayanagar empire ruled, but by the early 19th century most of the area was under British colonial rule. Formed in 1956 from the Telugu-speaking districts of Madras and Hyderabad states, Andhra Pradesh was the first Indian state organized for a linguistic group.

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