Machilipatnam (About this sound pronunciation (helpinfo)), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Krishna district.[3] It is also the mandal headquarters of Machilipatnam mandal in Machilipatnam revenue division of the district.[4][5] The ancient port town served as the settlement of European traders from 16th century and it was a major trading port for the British, Dutch and French in the seventeenth century.During seventeenth century, it was known with the name Masulipatnam, Masula and also Bandar (translates to port).[7][8][9] The port town in the ancient times was also referred with the name Maesolia.Machilipatnam city is located at 16.17N 81.13E on the southeast coast of India and in the east coast of Andhra Pradesh.[14] The city has an average elevation of 14 meters (45 feet).The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state.[41][42] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. Machilipatnam is an ancient and famous educational centre. The Noble College Machilipatnam is one of the first four colleges in India and the first college in Andhra Pradesh. There are two other colleges with histories related to India's fight for independence, namely The Hindu College and The National College (Andhra Jateeya Kalasala). Kendriya Vidyalaya is the only school maintained by Government of Indiain Machilipatnam which was established in 1994. Krishna University has been established in Machilipatnam as the Headquarters of Krishna District in 2008 for Higher education.
