Rayalaseema (AP)

Tel: రాయలసీమ rāyalasīma ‘Royal Country’ [Ceded Districts] Region, Andhra Pradesh From Tel:  rāyal, royal’; and sīma, ‘country’, ‘district’. In 1928, during the Independence movement, a decision was made to drop the ‘derogatory’ colonial name in favour of Rayalaseema....