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Nellore district formed part of the composite Madras State until [[1 October]], [[1953]]. On [[1 November]], [[1956]], when the states were reorganised on a linguistic basis, this district came under Andhra Pradesh.
Nellore was also known as Vikramasimhapuri. Historically, the place is very important. Culturally, Nellore city stands unique among the other towns of Andhra Pradesh as it is supposed to be the place where the greatest of the [[Telugu]] poets, [[Tikkana Somayaji]], who translated the major part of [[Mahabharata]] into Telugu, lived. [[Potti Sriramulu]], Telugu patriot and activist, who fasted to death for the formation of Andhra Pradesh state within the Indian Union was from Nellore. Nellore also has strategic commercial importance as it lies between the cities of [[Vijayawada]] and [[Chennai]].
==Trivia==
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