Visalaandhra

{{Short description|Indian newspaper}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox Newspaper

| name = Visalaandhra
{{lang|te|విశాలాంధ్ర}}

| logo =

| image = Visalaandhra Front Page.jpg

| caption = Front Page of Visalaandhra Daily with ads blurred out

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = {{start date and age|1952}}

| ceased publication =

| language = Telugu

| owners = Visalaandhra Vignana Samiti

| political = Communist

| publisher =

| editor = RV Rama Rao

| staff =

| circulation = 116287 (combined circulation of 5 editions)

{{cite web

| url = http://rni.nic.in/pin1314.pdf

| title = Press In India 2013-14 (Ownership of Publications, page 210 in pdf)

| access-date = 16 November 2015

| publisher = Office of the Registrar of newspapers for India}}.

| circulation_date = 2014

| headquarters = Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

| ISSN =

| website = [http://www.visalaandhra.com/ visalaandhra.com]

}}

Visalaandhra is an Indian Telugu-language daily newspaper established on 22 June 1952 in Vijayawada.{{cite news|title=Visalandhra maintaining quality of information|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/visalandhra-maintaining-quality-of-information/article4843187.ece|access-date=15 November 2015|issue=Vishakhapatnam City Edition|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 June 2013}}[http://www.visalaandhra.com/footer/about About statement on Visalaandhra website] The state Communist party of India decided to rename then daily Prajasakti to Visalaandhra (A combination of two words Visala meaning large or vast and Andhra meaning the region of Andhra Pradesh) with the slogan of having a single state for the Telugu speaking people. This newspaper was phenomenal in naming the newly formed state as Andhra Pradesh. It played a key role in opposing both the 1969 Separate Telangana movement and 1972 Jai Andhra movement. As of 2015, it is being published from 7 centres. The daily also celebrated its diamond jubilee year in 2012.{{cite book|last1=Bendalam|first1=Krishna Rao|title=మేటి పత్రికలు-విశాలాంధ్ర, వార్తలు ఎలా రాయాలి|publisher=Rishi publications|location=Hyderabad|pages=422–423}}