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4 unusual facts about Guntur District


Guntur district

Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu (1783–1816) shifted his capital from Chintapalli in Krishna district to Amaravati across the river Krishna.

In 2007–2008 the International Institute for Population Sciences interviewed 1230 households in 36 villages across the district.

Heliodiaptomus kolleruensis

It was described in 1981 from specimens collected in the Krishna River, Lake Kolleru and bodies of water in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Mathukumalli V. Subbarao

Subbarao was born in the small village of Yazali, near Bapatla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.


Places of interest in Vijayawada

## Amaravati: Amaravati in Guntur district, formerly called as Dhanyakataka and Andhranagari, is one of the most important Buddhist sites in the country.

Srini Raju

Born into a middle-class agricultural family of three children in 1961 in Khajipalem, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Tavernier Blue

The diamond was certainly Indian in origin and likely sourced by Tavernier at the Kollur mine in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Thotapalli

Thotapalli or Thota Palli is a village in Nagaram mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.


see also

Gudavalli

Gudavalli is a village 33 miles (53 km) east of Guntur City in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India in the Mandal of Cherukupalli.It is the home of freedom fighters and an age-old temple to the god Lakshmi Narasimha.

Korrapadu

Korrapadu, Guntur, village in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Nagamma

Nayakuralu Nagamma was a renowned statesperson and minister to king Nalagama, the ruler of Palanadu in Guntur district

Nayakuralu Nagamma

Nayakuralu Nagamma was a renowned statesperson and minister to king Nalagama, the ruler of Palanadu in Guntur District.

Regent Diamond

In 1698, a slave found the 410 carat (82 g) uncut diamond in Kollur mine (more specifically in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India) and hid it inside a large wound in his leg.

Vinjanampadu

Vinjanampadu, Guntur, a village in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India