Andhra (disambiguation)

• Coastal Andhra - A coastal region on the Eastern coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Within the state of Andhra Pradesh , the word "Andhra people" generally mean "people of Coastal Andhra". For eg: In this news article a minister talks about 3 regions in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana. This news headline says "KCR tells Andhra, Seema leaders not to queer T-pitch". In this weather report in 1948, it says "Widespread rain has fallen in Rayala seema and Andhra Desa". In these examples Andhra means "Coastal Andhra".
• Andhra State - Andhra state was carved out of Madras state in 1953. Andhra state was consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Andhra state was merged with Telangana to form Andhra Pradesh state in 1956. Before and after the merger, all government documents used Andhra word to refer to the region that was part of Andhra state. For eg: State reorganization committee(SRC) report of 1955 says "The real fear of the people of Telangana is that if they join Andhra they will be unequally placed in relation to the people of Andhra..". Justice Bhargava committee report of 1969 says "Committee shall take into account agreements reached between the representatives of Andhra and Telangana regions of the state of Andhra pradesh". Recently media, to avoid confusion, coined new term Seema-Andhra to refer this region.
• Andhra Pradesh - A state in southern India. People outside Andhra Pradesh state, specially national news media, generally call people of Andhra Pradesh as Andhra people. For eg: in this news headline, "Andhra minister" means minister in the state of Andhra Pradesh. But in the context of Telangana movement, this definition causes confusion among readers.

• Andhra Bank, a nationalised commercial bank in India
• Andhra in Indian epic literature, ancient kingdom in Indian literature
• Satavahana dynasty, an ancient dynasty in India
• Telugu people, an ethnic group of Andhra Pradesh