page_title: East Godavari
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: East Godavari / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Important Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh. (Excavated till Dec 2012) Note: The map is created for information and educational purposes. People using the map outside Wikipedia projects are requested to attribute it properly.
context_page_description: East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Kakinada. As of Census 2011, it became the most populous district of the state with a population of 5,151,549. Rajahmundry and Kakinada are the major cities in the district in terms of population.
  In the Madras Presidency, the District of Rajahmundry was created in 1823. It was reorganised in 1859 and was bifurcated into Godavari and Krishna districts. During British rule, Rajahmundry was the headquarters of Godavari district, which was further bifurcated into East Godavari and West Godavari districts in 1925. When the Godavari district was divided, Kakinada became the headquarters of East Godavari and Eluru became headquarters of West Godavari. In November 1956 Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State. In 1959, the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of Bhadrachalam and Naguru Taluqs of the East Godavari district were merged into the Khammam district.
caption: East Godavari has many important Buddhist sites.
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