Formation of Andhra Pradesh (1947 to 1956) ---------------------------------------------------- When India got independence (August 15, 1947) three main regions of Andhra Pradesh – Telangana, Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra were not part of Andhra Pradesh state. Telangana was part of Hyderabad state, which was an independent native Indian state included Telangana, 4 Kannada districts in Gulberga division & 4 Marathi districts in Aurangabad division and had its own financial, military, judicial, police, general, public works and revenue departments. Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema belonged to Madras Presidency as a province of British India and the administration of Rayalseema and Coastal Andhra mostly followed the current system in India that was derived from British administration systems belong to Madras Presidency -Nizam wants Hyderabad State to be an independent country Till September, 18 1948 (i.e., 1 year, 1 month and 4 days later of independence), Hyderabad was not part of the Indian Union, Nizam Government refuses to accede his territory to Indian Union. Government of India launched ‘Police Action’ code named ‘Operation Polo’ on September 13, 1948 against Nizam. Nizam’s forces surrendered within five days on 18 September 1948 and the merger of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union announced formally. -First Elections in Free India The first general elections are held in India in 1952. Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was elected as a chief minister of Hyderabad state. Elections in Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions are held as part of Madras State. Congress forms government with C Rajagopalachari as the chief minister. -Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema form Andhra State Potti Sri Ramulu one of the strong leaders of the separate Andhra movement, took indefinite fasting from October 19, 1952 demanding for a separate Andhra state from the Madras state for the Telugus. On December 15, Potti Sri Ramulu breathed his last breath in the fasting camp. As the news of his death broke, violence spread all over the southern parts of the country. As a result of Potti Sri Ramulu’s sacrifice, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the Andhra state consisting eleven districts of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema on October 1, 1953 with Kurnool as its capital city. -The Formation of Andhra Pradesh Telugu speaking people demanded for their long cherished Visalandhra formation, but people of Hyderabad state were unanimous in their demand for splitting the state into three parts. The Congress Party High Command preferred Visalandhra and enlarged the state by including nine Telugu speaking districts of Hyderabad state to eleven districts of Andhra state to form Andhra Pradesh with 20 districts. In the process, the Hyderabad state was split among Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra State. Aurangabad division merged with Maharashtra and Gulbarga division merged with Karnataka. The rest of the two divisions of the state – Gulshanabad or Medak and Nizamabad merged with Andhra State. With Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as the Chief Minister, the state of ‘Andhra Pradesh’ emerged merging all the districts of Telangana, Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra on November 1, 1956
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