Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · APPSC Group 2
1.20 Visalandhra and the formation of Andhra Pradesh notes
5 notes, in reading order.
- 1.20.1Hyderabad State 1948–56: military rule, the Burgula ministry and the Mulki agitation 1952
After Operation Polo, Hyderabad State passed from military rule (1948–49) and a civil administration (1950–52) to its first elected government under Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1952–56), while the 1952 Mulki agitation exposed Telangana's fear of outsiders in government jobs; in 1956 the state was broken up on linguistic lines.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.20.2Visalandhra movement and the Visalandhra Mahasabha 1949
Visalandhra ("greater Andhra") was the demand to unite all Telugu-speaking areas of Madras and Hyderabad in one state; it was championed by the Communists and by the Visalandhra Mahasabha founded at Vijayawada in 1949 under Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao, and was opposed by Telangana leaders who wanted a separate Telangana.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.20.3States Reorganisation Commission and the Telangana question
The States Reorganisation Commission (Fazl Ali, Kunzru, Panikkar; appointed December 1953, report 30 September 1955) accepted language as an important but not the only basis of states, and on Telangana advised that it stay a separate state until after the 1961 elections, joining Andhra only if two-thirds of its legislature agreed.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.20.4Gentlemen's Agreement 1956
The Gentlemen's Agreement, signed in Delhi on 20 February 1956 by four leaders each from Andhra State and Telangana, set out safeguards for Telangana (a Regional Council, a 60:40 cabinet, jobs, education, land and finances) on which the two regions agreed to merge as Andhra Pradesh.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course - 1.20.5Formation of Andhra Pradesh, 1 November 1956: first office holders
Andhra Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956 by joining Andhra State with the Telugu districts of Hyderabad State, with Hyderabad as capital, C.M. Trivedi as Governor, N. Sanjeeva Reddy as Chief Minister and Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao as Speaker.
Advanced · 7 min · Full course
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