TNPSC Thervupettagam

Andhra Pradesh – 3 Capital

January 25 , 2020 1686 days 1834 0
  • 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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