Andhra State

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Formation

(birth) of Andhra State

Date:         

October 1, 1953

Time:         

9:00:00 am

Time

Zone:     5:30:00 (East of GMT)

Place:        

78 E 03' 00 " , 15 N 50' 00 "

              

Kurnool, India

Altitude:     

0.00 meters

 

Lunar

Yr-Mo:   Vijaya - Bhadrapada

Tithi:        

Krishna Navami (Su) (29.91% left)

Vedic

Weekday: Thursday (Ju)

Nakshatra:    

Punarvasu (Ju) (33.53% left)

Yoga:         

Parigha (Sa) (0.15% left)

Karana:       

Garija (Ju) (59.82% left)

Hora

Lord:     Sun (5 min sign: Ge)

Mahakala

Hora: Sun (5 min sign: Ar)

Kaala

Lord:    Mercury (Mahakala: Venus)

 

Sunrise:      

6:07:43 am

Sunset:       

6:07:16 pm

Janma

Ghatis:  7.1785

 

Ayanamsa:     

23-12-39.73

Sidereal

Time: 9:20:30

 

Andhra

State went through a number of challenges and changes in its modern history

 

(1)

The Telangana vs Vishal-Andhra challenge where Andhra Pradesh was formed

Fasting

of Swami Sitaram and later the death of another person ...read more on this

 

The

Congress High Command favoured Visalandhra and prevailed upon the leaders of

the Andhra State and Telangana to sort out their differences, who, thereupon,

entered into a `Gentlemen's Agreement'. One of the main provisions of the

Agreement was the creation of a `Regional Council' for Telangana for its all

round development. The enlarged State by merging nine Telugu speaking districts

of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda,

MahabubNagar and Hyderabad, into Andhra State with its eleven districts of

Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur,

Nellore, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur and Kurnool, totalling 20 districts* was

named `Andhra Pradesh' with its capital at Hyderabad. It was inaugurated on the

1st of November, 1956 by Jawaharlal Nehru. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the

first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, who later rose to the position of the

President of India. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, last of the Chief Ministers of

Hyderabad State was elevated to the Office of the Governor of Kerala.

C.M.Trivedi continued to be the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

 

This

was first expansion and change of Capital to Hyderabad on 1st of November, 1956

 

(2)

District Expansion [birth of more children]

Three

more districts were added later by the creation of Prakasam in 1970, Ranga

Reddy in 1978 and Vizianagaram in 1979. Thus, the State presently has 23

districts.

 

(3)

History of Telangana vs. Andhra conflict

 

Political Crisis in 1969 and 1972

 

During

the years 1969 and 1972, Andhra Pradesh was rocked by two political agitations

popularly known as the `Telangana' and the `Jai Andhra' Movements respectively.

Telangana agitation was started by the people of the region when they felt that

the Andhra leaders had flouted the Gentlemen's Agreement which facilitated the

formation of Andhra Pradesh.

 

The

influx of the people from the coastal region into the city of Hyderabad created

many social tensions. Slowly the discontent spread among the Telangana officials

and the unemployed youth who felt that they were exploited by the people of the

Andhra region. The discontent manifested itself when a student of Khammam went

on a hunger-strike in January 1969 demanding the implementation of the

safeguards for Telangana provided in the Gentlemen's Agreement. Slowly the

agitation spread to Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana. In the beginning,

the movement demanded the implementation of the safeguards agreed upon earlier,

but later it wanted the separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.

 

The

agitation took a new turn when the Congress legislators from Telangana

supported the movement. Dr.Channa Reddy entered the fray and formed the

Telangana Praja Samiti to lead the movement. But by November 1969, there was a

split in the Praja Samiti when dissident Congress legislators realised that the

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not in favour of separate Telangana. The

movement slowly petered out. In September 1971, Brahmananda Reddy, the then

Chief Minister, resigned his position to make room for a leader from Telangana

to become the Chief Minister. On the 30th of September, 1971, P.V.Narsimha Rao*

became the Chief Minister. The Telangana Praja Samiti was dissolved and its

members rejoined the Congress.

 

Whatever

is happening now must be examined in the backdrop of this history

Best

Regards

Sanjay

Rath