Wednesday 29 February 2012

AP HISTORY


Post Independence Era
1.After getting independence also the desire for a separate andhra state remained as a dream itself. inspite of    several renewed efforts put forth by the Andhra leaders before the prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the deputy prime minister sardar vallabhai patel.
2.The DAR Commission, appointed by the Government of india under the chairmanship of S.K.Dar , did not recommend for the creation of separate state on the linguistic consideration.
3.An unofficial Committee, consisting of jawaharlal nehru,vallabhai patel and pattabhi sitaramaiah, popularly known as the J.V.P. committee, was consituted by the indian national congress in april, 1949 recommended that the creation of linguistic provinces be postponed by few years.
4. telugus were not prepared to forego their claims to the city of madras.
5.Under the prevailing situation , a partition committee was formed under the chairmanship of Kumaraswami raja, the then Chief Minister of Madras.
Andhra was represented by Tanguturi  prakasam , B.Gopala reddy , Kala venkata rao and N.Sanjiv rddy. the partition committee could not arrive at an agreed settlement.

Friday 24 February 2012

AP HISTORY


ANCIENT PERIOD
  1. Satavahanas were also called Salivahanas and satakarnis.
  2. According to MATSYA purana there were 29 rulers in the SATAVAHANA dynasty. 
  3. the satavahanas thus assumed an all india significance as imperial rules in succession to the Nandas,Mauryas,Sungas and Kanvas.
  4. SIMUKHA, the founder of the satavahana dynasty.
  5. dharanikota near Amaravati in guntur district was the first capital of SIMUKHA, but later he shifted his capital to PRATISHTANA(paithan in aurangabad district.).
  6. Satakarni 2, the sixth ruler of the dynasty (184 B.C.) was an able ruler who extended his kingdom to the west by conquering MALWA.
  7. SATAKARNI 2 ruled for a long period of 56 years.
  8. According to inscriptional evidence, he extended the boundaries of his realm far into centrel india across the Vidhyas, perhaps up to the river Ganges.
  9. PULUMAVI 1, the 17th Satavahana king.
  10. Goutamiputra Satakarni , the 23rd ruler of Satavahana Dynasty.