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Karnam Malleswari Lifted 240 kg at Sydney on 19 September 2000 to Win Bronze, India's First Olympic Medal by a Woman and the Country's Only Medal of Those Games

Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport Opened at Bhogapuram on 1 August 2026, Ahead of Its December 2026 Contract Date, and Took All of Visakhapatnam's Scheduled Flights on 17 August

Ancient & Medieval India

The Bhattiprolu Stupa in Andhra Pradesh Gave Alexander Rea Three Inscribed Relic Caskets in 1892, and Their Brahmi Letters, Placed by Georg Bühler at No Later Than 200 BCE, Write Five Consonants and the Vowel A Differently From Ashoka's Edicts

Before the Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir Rose, the Archaeological Survey Dug 130 Sites at Nagarjunakonda, Recovered the Ikshvaku Capital Vijayapuri and Rebuilt Its Monuments on Higher Ground

Itihasa & Faith

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Served More Than 9 Crore Free Meals in the First Nine Months of 2026, and the Temple's Inscriptions Record Food Endowments Back to the 1400s

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Alluri Sitarama Raju Led a Guerrilla Campaign in the Godavari Hills From August 1922 to May 1924, and an Andhra Pradesh District, a 1986 Stamp and a 30-Foot Statue Now Honour Him

Government & States

Andhra Pradesh Has the Third-Longest Coastline Among Indian States at 1,053 Kilometres, About 30 Percent of the Country's Fish Output by Its Own Count, and a Capital Named in an Act of Parliament in 2026