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Korrapadu

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


Acharya Nagarjuna University

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a university in the region of Namburu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The university is an outgrowth of a post-graduate centre of Andhra University, which was established in 1967 at Nallapadu area of Guntur and then relocated to Nambur/Kaza area on the east of the city.

Agmark

In addition to the Central AGMARK Laboratory (CAL) in Nagpur, there are Regional AGMARK Laboratories (RALs) in 11 nodal cities (Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kochi, Guntur, Amritsar, Jaipur, Rajkot, Bhopal).

Bank of Madras

Bank of Madras had a branch network spread into all the major cities and trade centers of South India, including Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Calicut, Tellicherry, Cochin, Alleppy, Cocanada, Guntur, Masulipatnam, Ootacamund, Nagapatnam, and Tuticorin.

Garut

The Kamojang crater, a geothermal field and tourist spot, is located on the slopes of Mount Guntur approximately 25 km to the northwest of Garut.

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, Kadapa, village in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Loyola Public School

The school is situated in the village of Nallapadu, Guntur, and occupies an area of 81 acres with three playgrounds.

Manduva Logili

Manduva Logili houses built in olden days before the 1950s and 1960s are still found in rural villages of East Godavari, West Godavari, Guntur, Nellore, Vijayanagaram, and Kadapa districts.

Mukkamala

His eldest son is Subba Rao, eldest daughter Sita Rajya Lakshmi (an additional district judge at Nellore), second daughter Padmavathi (residing at Guntur), youngest daughter Seshamma (practising High Court advocate in Chennai).

Nagamma

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

National Academy of Construction

For administrative convenience, NAC has created six regional centres in Guntur, Kadapa, Vishakapatnam, Karimnagar, Rajahmundry and Hyderabad which are headed by regional directors and assistant directors who are appointed in each district for better co-ordination and quality control of the training programmes.

Nayakuralu Nagamma

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

Pierre Janssen

At the great Indian eclipse of 1868 that occurred in Guntur, Janssen also demonstrated the gaseous nature of the red prominences, and devised a method of observing them under ordinary daylight conditions.

While observing the solar eclipse of August 18, 1868, at Guntur, in Madras State now Andhra Pradesh, British India, he noticed bright lines in the spectrum of the chromosphere, showing that the chromosphere is gaseous.

Pulichinthala Project

It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers of four coastal districts of West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam where irrigation facility for 13 lakh acres.

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.

Sankara Eye Foundation

SEF initiates and drives community eye care activities in India by working with Sankara Eye Care Institutions (SECI), India, which runs the "Gift of Vision" rural outreach program through Sankara Eye Hospitals in Coimbatore, Krishnankovil, Bangalore, Shimoga, Guntur, Anand, Pammal and Silvassa.

Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet

During his governorship, British troops occupied Guntur (then French), which shortly afterwards was annexed to Madras, and also captured Pondichéry and Mahé; reporting the capture of Pondicherry to Lord North in October 1778 he declared that he had "happiness to succeed in fulfilling the wishes of his Majesty's ministers", and asked for a suitable reward.

Vinjanampadu

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


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