EMBLEM OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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.