Andhra Pradesh Formation Day 2020

Andhra Pradesh has tremendous potential for growth and it is marching in the right direction towards the path of progress and development. 

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India on 22 December 1953 to recommend the reorganisation of state boundaries.

In 1955, after nearly two years of study, the Commission recommended that India’s state boundaries should be reorganised to form 14 states and 6 territories.  

Against the recommendations of Dhar Commission and JVP Committee popular movements for state’s reorganization on linguistic basis began all over the country. One such movement was Vishal-Andhra Movement – a movement for separate Andhra; it was led by Potti Sriramulu.

The Vishal-Andhra movement demanded that Telugu speaking areas of Madras province should be separated and made into a separate Andhra province. But the Central govt. vacillated.

Its leader Potti Sriramulu went on an indefinite fast in October 1952 and died after 56 days.

This unleashed unrest and violence in Telugu speaking regions.

The govt. finally gave in and agreed to the demand for a separate Andhra state which came into existence in 1953. Simultaneously, Tamil Nadu was created as a Tamil speaking state.

After this demand from other states started coming and for this purpose states reorganization commission was appointed in 1953 by Nehru.