Telangana has been a reluctant partner in the unified state of Andhra Pradesh. After the police action, Operation Polo in September 1948 to annex the Nizams state into the Indian union, Hyd remained a separate political entity with parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra.When the proposal to divide the states on linguistic lines was mooted,public feeling in the region was against the move. On June 16,1952, a motion in the Hyderabad Legislative Assembly to dismember the state was defeated by 79 votes to 63. The Hyderabadis (mulkis) feared exploitation in the future Andhra Pradesh.Telangana played no part in the agitation to create the state of Andhra in 1953,composed of the Telugu-speaking districts of Madras state. When the States Reorganization Committee (SRC) was set up,the mood in the Congress national leadership was in favour of retaining Hyderabads separate identity and using the Urdu tradition to propagate Hindi in south India.However,the demand from the Andhra region to create AP as a Telugu state by merging Hyderabad state with Andhra got support from certain powerful sections of Telangana.
The commission,thus,rejected the idea that Hyderabad should remain undivided as a real cultural synthesis and an intermingling of Indian people. The argument put forth by the pro-integration lobby was that the backwardness of Telangana could be solved if these areas were merged with more advanced parts. The commission concluded that the unification of Telangana with Andhra,though desirable,should be based on a voluntary and willing association of the people and that it is primarily for the people of Telangana to take a decision about their future. The committee recommended that the Telangana area be constituted into a separate state with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two-thirds majority the legislature of Hyderabad state expresses itself in favour of such unification. This period of five or six years could be utilized to bring the administration of the two states in sync with each other and allow opinion in Telangana to crystallize.However,when the state of Andhra Pradesh was created,certain vocal sections of the Congress party in Andhra and Telangana ignored the opposition that was not organized.The opposition resulted in the separate movement first in 1969 and later in 1999.
ALL SMILES: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao with party leader K Keshava Rao in Hyderabad on Tuesday
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The commission,thus,rejected the idea that Hyderabad should remain undivided as a real cultural synthesis and an intermingling of Indian people. The argument put forth by the pro-integration lobby was that the backwardness of Telangana could be solved if these areas were merged with more advanced parts. The commission concluded that the unification of Telangana with Andhra,though desirable,should be based on a voluntary and willing association of the people and that it is primarily for the people of Telangana to take a decision about their future. The committee recommended that the Telangana area be constituted into a separate state with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two-thirds majority the legislature of Hyderabad state expresses itself in favour of such unification. This period of five or six years could be utilized to bring the administration of the two states in sync with each other and allow opinion in Telangana to crystallize.However,when the state of Andhra Pradesh was created,certain vocal sections of the Congress party in Andhra and Telangana ignored the opposition that was not organized.The opposition resulted in the separate movement first in 1969 and later in 1999.
ALL SMILES: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao with party leader K Keshava Rao in Hyderabad on Tuesday
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