J.V.P. COMMITTEE
Topic: Union and its territories
- Dhar commission report created much resentment and led to the appointment of another Linguistic Provinces Committee by the Congress In December 1948, itself to examine the whole question afresh.
- It consisted of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramya, and hence was popularly known as JVP Committee.
- It submittes its report in April, 1949, and formally rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states.
- However, in October, 1953, the Government of India was forced to create the first linguitic state, known as Andhra state, by separating the Telegu speaking areas from the Madras state.
- This followed a prolonged popular agitation and the death of potti Sriramulu, a Congress person of standing, after a 56-day hunger strike for the cause.