When Tamils and Telugus tussled for Madras
The HinduMadras has always been the centre of the political and cultural spheres, and a melting pot of various languages and different communities. Tracing the political history of Madras then, Mr. Sriram explains that the factional politics in the Congress and the fall of Prakasam from power in 1947 had intensified the demand for a new Andhra province. In a report published on January 12, 1948, about a public meeting held in the city, there were mentions of Prakasam moving a resolution urging Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to order the separation of Andhra province with its headquarters at Madras from February 1, 1948, and appoint a boundary commission. “In November 1949, the Congress Working Committee recommended Andhra State to be formed but without Madras city,” Mr. Venkatachalapathy writes. Wanchoo “that unequivocally favoured the creation of the Andhra State but equally recommended that Madras should not be included.” Rajaji had stoutly opposed the idea of Madras as the temporary capital of Andhra then.
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