Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.6 Andhra Pradesh and the Telangana statehood movement (1956–2014)

10.6.1 States Reorganisation Commission, the Gentlemen's Agreement (1956) and the regional safeguards

The States Reorganisation Commission (1955) advised keeping Telangana as a separate state until at least 1961, but Andhra Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956 after Telangana and Andhra leaders signed the Gentlemen's Agreement (20 February 1956), which promised Telangana safeguards on jobs, funds, education, land and political power; how those promises were turned into law, and how they were weakened, set the stage for every later Telangana agitation.

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Key terms

  • Visalandhra
  • Visalandhra Mahasabha
  • Andhra State 1953
  • Kurnool
  • Potti Sriramulu
  • States Reorganisation Commission
  • Fazl Ali
  • H.N. Kunzru
  • K.M. Panikkar
  • SRC paragraph 386
  • two-thirds majority
  • 1961 elections
  • Hyderabad Legislative Assembly debate 1955
  • Gentlemen's Agreement
  • Hyderabad House
  • Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
  • B. Gopala Reddy
  • Telangana Regional Council
  • Mulki rules
  • Urdu
  • 60:40 cabinet
  • Deputy Chief Minister
  • Sribagh Pact
  • States Reorganisation Act 1956
  • 1 November 1956
  • Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
  • C.M. Trivedi
  • Seventh Amendment
  • Article 371
  • Regional Committee Order 1958
  • K. Achyuta Reddy
  • Public Employment Act 1957
  • Telangana surpluses

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