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Visalaandhra is an Indian Telugu-language daily newspaper established 63 years ago on 22 June 1952 in Vijayawada.The state Communist party 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.