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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is a state on the south-eastern coast of India, inhabited mainly by Telugu speakers, with its capital at Amaravati. It was created in 1953 as Andhra State, the first Indian state formed on linguistic lines, and enlarged in 1956 with the Telugu districts of Hyderabad State. In 2014 its north-western part became the separate state of Telangana. Its history includes the Satavahana, Eastern Chalukya and Kakatiya dynasties.
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