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Who was Potti Sriramulu? When did the new state of Andhra Pradesh come into existence?​

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1. Introduction

What will I learn in this lesson?

2. Comics

A Picture story of india after independence

3. Key Concepts

A New and Divided Nation

A Constitution is Written

How were States to be Formed?

Planning for Development

The Nation, Sixty Years On

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Some Facts

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India After Independence

Our Pasts - III

How were States to be Formed?

The formation of state was another major problem. Both Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel were against the creation of linguistic states. Nehru clearly said that he had to check disruptionist tendencies caused due to partition and make the nation strong and united.

This caused a great disappointment among the Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Telugu speakers. They began to protest. The strongest protest came from the Telugu speaking district of the Madras presidency.

In October 1952, a veteran Gandhian named Potti Sriramulu, went on a hunger fast demanding the formation of Andhra state to protect the interests of Telugu speakers. As the fast went on, it attracted much support. Hartals and bands were observed in many towns.

On 15 December 1952, fifty-eight days into his fast, Potti Sriramulu died.

The new state of Andhra pradesh came into being on 1st October, 1953.

Other linguistic communities also began to demand their own separate states. A States Reorganisation commission was set up which submitted its report in 1956, recommending the redrawing of district and provincial boundaries to form compact provinces of Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu speakers respectively.

The large Hindi speaking region of north India was broken up into several states.

In 1960, the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati speakers.

In 1966, the state of Punjab was also divided into Punjab and Haryana.