Vijayawada History

Vijayawada is a commercial city in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, and the third largest after Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, with an area of 261.88 km2. The city municipal limits has a population of 1,048,240 (2011 Census), while the population of the metropolitan area is 1,491,202. The city is also popularly known by its historic name Bezawada, which is used by the Indian Railways in assigning its railway station code "BZA". The city is located on the bank of river Krishna.tels in Lachung.....Wikipedia