1972 Jai Andhra movement

Jai Andhra movement is a 1972 political movement in support for the creation of Andhra state in the light of perceived injustices felt by the people of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions.[1] In the police firing eight people were killed.[2] It was starred after the failure to implement non local rule for government jobs. Prominent leaders from Coastal Andhra like Gouthu Latchanna, B. V. Subba Reddy, Kakani Venkataratnam, Vasantha Nageshwar Rao etc. participated in the agitation.[3][4] It was a sequel to the 1969 Telangana movement. However, the unlike the Telanganas, people of the Andhra regions wanted a separate state without the developed capital of Hyderabad, since they knew they don't have a legitimate right over and that the people of Telangana are now very well aware of their rights. This was also because of the repeated failure in attempts to subjugate Telangana and exploit it further. Over 400 people sacrificed their lives for the movement. One of the main opinions expressed was "Development is seen only in and around Hyderabad and it is time the coastal districts also develop rapidly".

Grievances of the Andhra Regions

People form the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions felt that Mulki rules were unfair to them and they were "being treated like aliens in their own land".[5] The agitators, most of whom were students, felt that the Mulki rules in place were unjust, unfortunate and further deepened the rift between Telangana and other regions. The proponents of separate Andhra Pradesh viewed their demand as logical in light of the separate Telangana movement.

The movement

Under the Mulki rules in force at the time, anyone who had lived in Hyderabad for 15 years was considered a local, and was thus eligible for certain government posts. When the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules at the end of 1972, the Jai Andhra movement, with the aim of re-forming a separate state of Andhra, was started in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.[6]

In 1972, Gouthu Latchanna took a leading role in the Jai Andhra movement started by students of Andhra University demanding the division of Andhra Pradesh into old Andhra state and Telangana state on the issue of "Mulkhi" rules. He was imprisoned in Mushirabad Central Jail and released in 1973.[7]

Police firing

Thirteen people killed in 3 places in Andhra on November 21 during the bandh call given by student boday. In the police firing eight people were killed on December 23 in Vijayawada. Kakani Venkataratnam, a former minister, died of shock at the height of separate Andhra agitation on December 25, 1972 when eight people were killed in police firing. given

Aftermath

Removal of Mukhi rules and all other demands were met and a six-point formula was put in place.

After nine ministers from Seemandhra region in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet resigned, he had to resign as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on 10 January 1973, and President's rule was imposed in the state.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906815,00.html
  2. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ap/20061226.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/jai-andhra-movement-for-separate-statehood-revives-in-ap/article60614.ece
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/blackmail-tactics-cant-divide-the-state-says-saps/article4889350.ece
  5. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19690125&printsec=frontpage Page 1
  6. ↑ "Bitter memories". Hinduonnet.com. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  7. ↑ In 1972, Sri Latchanna took a leading role in the Jai-Andhra movement launched by the students of the Andhra University
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