Andhra State Āndhra [IPA: [ˈɑːndʰrʌ]]) was a state in India created on October 1, 1953, from the Telugu-speaking northern districts of Madras State. The state was made up of two distinct cultural regions – Rayala-Seema and Coastal-Andhra. The combined region was commonly called Seemandhra or Seema-Andhra.On November 1, 1956, the Telangana region (Hyderabad State) was merged with it to form the united Telugu-speaking State of Andhra Pradesh.