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From Andhra State to two states

This path covers how the Telugu districts became one state and then two, with the leaders of those years. It has 8 pages and takes about 1 hour to read.

  1. ErasAndhra State & Andhra Pradesh

    The big picture: the Andhra State, Andhra Pradesh, the disputes over the safeguards and the Act of 2014.

  2. PeoplePotti Sriramulu

    The man who died fasting for a separate Andhra State; his death set off protests across the Andhra districts.

  3. PlacesKurnool

    The old walled town that became the capital of the new Andhra State.

  4. PeopleTanguturi Prakasam

    The first Chief Minister of the Andhra State, whose ministry sat at Kurnool.

  5. PeopleBurgula Ramakrishna Rao

    The Chief Minister of Hyderabad State who took part in the talks on joining Telangana to Andhra.

  6. PeopleNeelam Sanjiva Reddy

    The first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

  7. PeopleP. V. Narasimha Rao

    The Chief Minister who faced the agitation after the Mulki judgment.

  8. PeopleJ. Vengala Rao

    The Chief Minister of the years after the Six-Point Formula.

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