Formation of States to Adopting Constitution: What Happened After India Got Independence, Learn in #ClassesWithNews18
News 18 For the last two years, the world has been restricted to homes. After Partition: Problem of unity and development The partition of India in 1947 divided British India into three independent dominions: India and Pakistan. Thus, the Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, Marathi speakers, who had all looked forward to having their own state began protests., In October 1952, a veteran Gandhian named Potti Sriramulu went on a hunger fast demanding the formation of the Andhra state to protect the interests of Telugu speakers. Between December 1946 and November 1949, several meetings were held by the assembly in New Delhi, wherein participants came from all over India, and from different political parties. View Survey Union, State, Concurrent List The Constitution provided three lists of subjects — a Union list, with subjects such as taxes, defence and foreign affairs, which would be the exclusive responsibility of the centre, a State list for education and health, to be taken care by the states, and a Concurrent list, for forests and agriculture, to be looked after jointly by the Centre and states.