Historically, Telangana was ruled directly by the brutal nizam while andhra was ruled by the british. The peasants of the land formed a resistence known today as the maoists to rebel against the nizam from 1946-51. In 1948, the indian army launched operation polo and rescued telangana from the nizams.
In 1953, the SRC, which was appointed to create states based on lingusitic lines, incredebly voiced it's disapproval and was against the merger of telangana with andhra. Telangana under nizam remained very backward while andhra's case was totally opposite. Andhra's wanted telangana to join but telanganas hesitated. The recommendations of SRC were ignored and the two regions were merged. Jawaharlal Nehru feared a tint of expansionist imperialism on andhra's side.
Violent riots erupted in telangana in 1969 on claims of discrimination. Andhra politicians cooked up stories of naxals and got permission from the centre to crush the agitation by force and in the process, it committed one of the greatest massacres in indian history. The police opened fire on a crowd resulting in the deaths of 370 people including women and children.
The history of Telangana after Indias Independence is riddled with false promises and betrayals. Telangana people are left with no option they have tried the electoral, democratic and legal routes all of them failed. They seek a new state within the legal confines of Indian Constitution.
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Jai Telangana
naveendevi 2 years ago
Jai T
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