Guntur located in the northeastern part of Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna River deltaGuntur is about 9-km east of the Kondaveedu range of hills and is the headquarters of the district of the same name. The city was founded in the mid-eighteenth century by the French who ruled over the city for nearly a century until it was ceded permanently to the British. Guntur is known for its rice and oil mills cotton and tobacco curing barns and has a rich history.
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