1.21 Andhra Pradesh 1956–2014 notes

1. 1.21.1Mulki rules and the Telangana agitation 1969: the Eight-Point Formula

   The Mulki rules, a Nizam-era domicile rule for jobs, and the weak working of the 1956 safeguards produced the Telangana agitation of 1969, led by the Telangana Praja Samithi under M. Chenna Reddy, which the Centre tried to settle with Indira Gandhi's Eight-Point Formula of April 1969.

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2. 1.21.2Jai Andhra movement 1972–73 and the Six-Point Formula

   When the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules in 1972, coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema rose in the Jai Andhra movement for a separate Andhra State; after a year of President's rule, the Six-Point Formula of September 1973 and the 32nd Amendment (Articles 371D and 371E) replaced the Mulki rules with local cadres and local admission quotas.

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3. 1.21.3Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and political milestones 1956–2014

   From Neelam Sanjiva Reddy in 1956 to N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in 2014, united Andhra Pradesh had sixteen persons as Chief Minister and two spells of President's rule; the big turning point was N.T. Rama Rao's Telugu Desam victory of 1983, which ended Congress dominance.

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4. 1.21.4Telangana movement and bifurcation: Srikrishna Committee to the Reorganisation Act 2014

   A revived Telangana movement led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao's TRS (2001) forced the Centre's December 2009 announcement, the Srikrishna Committee (2010) gave six options, and after mass protests on both sides Parliament passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, creating Telangana on 2 June 2014 with Hyderabad as a common capital for up to ten years.

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