All About Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh’s New Capital, “City Of Destiny”

Amaravati: 

Visakhapatnam, a port and industrial city brimming with cosmopolitan culture has been in the news ever since Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government announced that it would be the new capital of the state.

In his address at the preparatory meeting for the Global Investors Summit in Delhi, Jagan Reddy on Tuesday said the state capital will be shifted to Visakhapatnam and he also would be relocating his office to the port city in the months to come.

According to Vizag port website, the city, which is home to the headquarters of Eastern Naval Command had trade relations with the Middle East and Rome during ancient times and in 1682 it became a settlement of a branch of East India Company.