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Andhra Pradesh – 3 Capital
January 25 , 2020
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- The Andhra Pradesh assembly passed the Bill to establish three capitals.
- The state government plans to build three capitals--executive capital in Visakhapatnam, legislative capital in Amaravati and judicial capital in Kurnool.
- In 2014, when Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh, it was decided that Hyderabad would remain the joint capital of the two states (for a maximum of 10 years).
- During his chief ministership, Chandrababu Naidu pitched for making Amaravati the state capital.
Other states in India
- Dehradun officially is Uttarakhand's "temporary capital" since November 2000.
- Gairsain is being considered as the future capital of Uttarakhand.
- One assembly session is held in Gairsain every year.
- Maharashtra has two capitals – Mumbai and Nagpur (which holds the winter session of the state assembly).
- Himachal Pradesh has capitals at Shimla and Dharamshala (winter).
- The former state of Jammu & Kashmir had Srinagar and Jammu (winter) as capitals.
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