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ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE The Andhra Pradesh Police came into existence along with the formation the state. Some parts of the present Andhra Pradesh state was ruled by the Asaf Jah dynasty. Some area was for a long time under the Vijayanagar dynasty that was founded by Sri Krishnadevaraya. The organization of the police during this period was called the Kaveli System or the Hindoo Police. it was only in October 1953, after the birth of a separate Andhra State, that the Andhra State Police gained individual existence. The coat of arms of the Andhra Pradesh Police has a twin headed peacock with its chest inscribed with the acronym ‘AP’ in white placed in front of a red circle with white colour lettering ‘Andhra Pradesh’ in Telugu. The arms are crested with the Asoka capital, the emblem of India on a red pedastal and is surrounded futher surrounded by the green radiant. Below the red bordered circle is the lettering ‘POLICE’ in white. All these are placed within a black shield. http://a

EMBLEM OF ANDHRA PRADESH On November 1, 1956, the States Reorganization Act merged the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad state with the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Madras state to form the state of Vishalandhra, which is named as Andhra Pradesh. The city of Hyderabad, the former capital of the Hyderabad State, was made the capital of the new state. The state emblem of Andhra Pradesh has a sun radiant charged with a vase ‘Poorna Kumbhham’, placed within an ornamented circular frame. In base the crest of the Republic of India. The top of the circle is written Government of Andhra Pradesh and the name of the state repeated in Hindi and Telugu. In base the motto of India ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in Devanagari.