FIGHT FOR TELANAGANA..? WHY...??

History is behind Telangana."Gentleman's agreement" was not honoured. Leaders of other regions robbed first water,then jobs , natural resources (coal),now land & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

SRC commission didn't recommend merger in 1956.Once Hyderabad exchequer was surplus.They spent our money for their development.we were forcefully merged with false promises which never met. No major development took place after merger.Even before merger Hyderabad already has world class educational institutions , hospitals, under ground drainage etc. we lost our land for irrigation projects but we can't get that water. canals were built hundreds of kms to Andhra region. we were left dry, nagarjunsagar dam was constructed 20km down stream from proposed site which resulted in right canal at lower level which supply to Andhra region & left canal at higher level which supply Telangana, water always flows from high level to low level. as a result entire Nalgonda district was suffering from Fluorosis where millions of people are disabled. these are only some examples.

OUR FIGHT IS FOR OUR SURVIVAL.DEVELOPMENT can't replace SELF-RULE,SELF-RESPECT,INDEPENDENCE.we are not separating away from India. Telangana has the largest area, with 1,14,800 km2, which makes it larger than 17 states in India. so it is not a small state. don't compare it with demand for other small states. we are asking what was already there which was ours and nothing new.

So before talking about Telangana just look at its history, injustice done,& suffering of people of Telangana. we just want the RULERS who are ruling us to QUIT TELANGANA, not the people who settled in Telangana.

We are also Indians & we respect plural society,unity in diversity. it was a Hyderabad state & region is telangana. so now no question of telangana without hyderabad

STORY BEHIND CREATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH

"VISHALANDRA IS AN IDEA BEARING A TAINT OF EXPANSIONIST IMPERIALISM."
------JAWAHARLAL NEHRU,oct2,1953.


HYDERABAD STATE(1724-1956) was the largest princely state in the erstwhile British Indian Empire.
It included sixteen districts, grouped into four divisions.
(1)Aurangabad division included Aurangabad, Beed, Nanded, and Parbhani districts.
(2)Gulbargah (Gulbargah) division included Bidar District, Gulbarga, Osmanabad District, and Raichur District.
(3)Gulshanabad District or Medak division included Atraf-i-Baldah, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda (Nalgundah)and Nizamabad districts.
(4)Warangal division included Adilabad, Karimnagar, and Warangal districts.

------Telangana comprises of the Telugu speaking parts of Hyderabad state------

In 1947, at the time of the partition of India and after India's Independence the then Nizam, Osman Ali Khan refused to join Union of India.However in 1948 GOI using military force(popularly known as police action)led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel incorporated Hyderabad state into Indian Union forcefully which lasted 5 days and had support from the people of the Hyderabad State.


ANDHRA state (which included Telugu speaking regions of erstwhile MADRAS presidency)was formed with the sacrifice of Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu who fasted until death.The government was forced to create a new state for Telugu speaking people.Thus, Andhra State was created on October 1, 1953 with Kurnool as the capital.It comprised Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions.

In 1956,the process of reorganisation of states on linguistic basis started and States Reorganisation Commission(SRC) was constituted by GOI (consisted Sayyid Fazl Ali , K.M. Panikker, and H.N. Kunzru) to look into the matter of merger of Telangana with Andhra state.

===========SRC REPORT===========

SRC in 1955 submitted SRC Report in which it went against the merger of Telangana with Andhra state.The facts and fears of Telangana people it cited are:

Telangana has considerable hinterland, with ENOUGH WATER AND POWER RESOURCES, RICH IN MINERAL WEALTH and VALUABLE RAW MATERIALS.

However,the educationally backward people of Telangana felt they would be exploited by the more advanced people of the coastal areas. In the Telangana districts leaving Hyderabad, education is woefully backward. The result is that a lower qualification than in Andhra is accepted for public services.So under Vishalandhra they will be unequally placed in relation to the people of Andhra and in this partnership the major partner will derive all the advantages immediately, while Telangana may be converted into a COLONY by the ENTERPRISING coastal Andhra(para378).

The revenue receipts of this area on current account are about Rs. 17 crores. In favorable conditions, the revenue budget may even be balanced or indicate a marginal surplus(para 379).THE TELANGANA CAN BE STABLE AND VIABLE UNIT IF REMAINED AS A SAPERATE STATE.


After taking all factors into consideration we conclude that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana, the Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra (later so in 1961)only if by a two thirds majority the state assembly of Hyderabad State is in favor of unification with Andhra state[para 386].

[Source: Government of India's "Report of the States Reorganisation Commission, 1955"]
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Political institutions were rudimentary in Telangana n political legacy in Andhra state was old n could lobby the centre which agreed for the creation of Andhrapradesh succumbing to pressure from Andhra leaders.However,without taking into consideration the wishes of majority of people of Telangana ,on 1 Nov,1956, the state of Andhra Pradesh was created with promises by Andhra leaders not to exploit telangana for benifit other regions in the form of "GENTLEMEN AGREEMENT" .

It is IMPORTANT to note that Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu neither fought for Telangana or VISHALANDRA (UNITED ANDHRA) as the question of merger of Telangana doesnt arise before the saperation the Andhra state from Madrass state.He stood only Telugu people who was facing adverse discrimination in all matters in MADRASS STATE.

Only after formation of ANDHRA state in 1953(i.e after sacrifice of Potti Sriramulu )the idea of merger of Telangana with ANDHRA state was intiated....

Soon people of telangana realised the imperialistic nature of Andhra leaders ,all projects for utilization of krishna,godavari waters in telangana (Tungabhadra left canal,Upper Krishna,Godavari valley project,Devanur,Icchampalli)were stopped,gentlemen agreement could be seen only on paper,jobs ,resources diverted,revenue generated from Telangana(60% of total) spent devolpment of other regions, expliotation started in every walk of life..

Telangana movement slowly started and gained momentum ,reached to its peak is 1964........