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Stats Armed Reserve Forces:

• 3.5 Platoons of APSP (Andhra Pradesh Special Police)
• 3 Platoons of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)
• 3 Platoons of CISF (Central Industrial Security Force)

Stats Civil Police:

• 2 ACPs (Asst. Commissioner of Police)
• 7 Inspectors
• 9 Sub-Inspectors
• 36 Constables

 

 

Details about where these forces are deployed is in the images. Those figures tell you the story behind this the brutal force used to crush OU students & Telangana movement.

Some of the facts about Andhra state & Sri Potti Sriramulu’s role are : Facts about Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu’s fast

Click here to download 6 page complete (MS Word, 99KB) Document on Facts about Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu’s fast

1. Agitation for Andhra State: May 1913
2. Dhar Commission, 1948: After Independence the ‘Constituent Assembly’ appointed Dhar Commission in June, 1948 to examine the issue of formation of linguistic states.
3. The J.V.P. Committee: The J.V.P. Committee recommended for the creation of Andhra Province with undisputed Telugu areas. It also ‘advised the Andhras to give up their CLAIM on MADRAS city’.
4. The Partition Committee Report:

a) Madras should not be capital of Andhra Province even temporarily.
b) Before 26th January Andhras should go to their own capital.
c) Madras Government should give one crore rupees to Andhra for ‘renunciation’ of all offices kept in Madras.

This report was accepted by the Madras Government and it decided to extend the date of formation of Andhra Province on 1st April, 1950

5. Why Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu fasted ???

In the light of the above ‘facts and events’ we may now examine the OBJECT of the FAST undertaken by Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu. It is well known that Sri. Sreeramulu commenced his Fast-Unto-Death in Madras in the last week of October, 1952. The reasons for this Fast given in ‘his own words’ in several documents which were identified as his letters and Manifestoes issued before commencing his Fast. Some of his statements in these documents are cited below to appreciate his ‘object and feelings’ in the matter.

(a) In his reply to Swamy Sitaram letter dated: 2-10-1952, he clarified about the object of his FAST. The relevant para is extracted below:

“My Fast begins only for determining the future of Madras City”, he declared. “During my fast, people themselves will come to a decision….. My fast is intended to make the people and at least some Tamils in the City to agree to Madras becoming a separate State. Therefore if I leave the question of the City in doubt and undertake the fast, I shall be failing in my purpose and duty”.

(b) He also issued Two Manifestoes before commencing the ‘fast’ on the following dates:

(i) First Manifesto- 30-09-1952
(ii) Final Manifesto- 19-10-1952

(c) In his Manifestoes he stated that he wanted Madras City as the capital of Andhra State and he wanted to focus this issue by his Fast. In his Final Manifesto issued on 19-10-1952 he stated as under:

“A very serious attempt has to be made to bring about an agreed settlement over the FUTURE of Madras City”. All reasonable Andhras and Tamils should be brought together and made to come to an ‘Agreement’ over the Madras City COMMON to Andhras and Tamils.

(d) In another letter dated: 13-9-1952 addressed to Sri. Bh. Laxminarayan, Advocate, Madras, he had described his “intense attachment to Madras City” in the following words:

“I am doing this in the belief that all parts of the country can progress on peaceful lines. I was born and educated in Madras City. It is not my intention to coerce anybody. I have no hope that I shall survive unless this object is achieved. I am undertaking this fast in the belief that all those who are connected with this question will look at it in no narrow manner”.

Formation of A.P — 1st Nov 1956.

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• We are gratetful to Sri M.Narayan Reddy [Ex-M.P NZB] garu for bringing these important facts about Andhra state & Late sri Potti Sriramulu garu to our notice at this critical time.
• We must EXPOSE these Andhra leaders like Lagadapati, JC, TG, Chiranjeevi & others in media, other places who are coercing facts for their own benifits .

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More Dates & Facts

• 1952 Oct 19 : Sri Potti Sriramulu starts fast until death in Chennai, for a separate Andhra state & not ‘SamaikhyAndra / Andhra Pradesh’
• 1952 Dec 15 : Sri Potti Sriramulu dies fasting
• 1953 Oct 01 : Andhra State forms (not ‘SamaikhyAndra / Andhra Pradesh’) with Kurnool as the capital & Tanguturi Prakasham as the first CM
• 1953 Oct 01 – 1956 Nov 01 (3yr, 1 month): Andhra State (not AP) is dysfunctional with Kurnool as the capital
• 1953 Oct 01 – 1956 Nov 01: Andhra State (not AP) realises lack of infrastructure & is fascinated by Hyderabads jubilant stature
• 1956 Nov 01 : ‘Andhra Pradesh’ forms / Neelam SanjeevaReddy first CM of A.P, breaks the ‘Gentlemans Agreement’ right after he is sworn in by removing deputy CM post to be filled in by a Telangana minister
• 2009 Dec 15 : Present CM K.Rosaiah pays respects to Sri Potti Sriramulu & praises him for giving his life for AP (HELLO ! it was Andhra State & not AP) historical mistake keeps repeating
• AndhraPradesh was formed on 01 November 1956- i.e, 53 years, 1 month, 17 days, (as of 16th December 2009) which is not equal to 3000 years Mr.Lagadapati ?
  Click HERE to find out how long ‘AndhraPradesh’ has been in existence

On 9^th December 2009, the Union Home Minister Thiru Chidambaram made an announcement that the Indian Government is beginning the process of Telangana state formation. This has set off a chain reaction in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh. History is repeating itself as some leaders started making all kinds of claims and demands on the Hyderabad City. They say that Hyderabad has developed with investments from Andhra region and that it should either be made a common capital, a Union Territory or a state by itself! Such claims and demands are neither new nor valid. We have witnessed similar scenes when Andhra separated from erstwhile Madras Presidency and when Gujarat separated from Bombay Province..

This document throws some light on the Andhra’s claim over Madras city during 1950s and how that issue was settled. It would be worth mentioning here that Andhras ran a sustained campaign called ‘Madras Manade’ (Madras belongs to us) but the firm resolve of the then Central government and also the Madras Government, the city stayed with Tamilnadu.

The Dispute About the City of Madras*

The claims of the Andhras to the city may be briefly summarised as follows:

It was a Telugu King who owned the soil on which the Fort St. George and the city sprang up. The areas surrounding the Fort. St. George belonged to the Telugu Kings. The King, in his grant, wanted the city be esteemed for all time as a Telugu city. The Telugus were there already. The city was known as a Telugu city to foreign travellers for a very long time.

These claims of the Andhras are largely true so far as the Chennapatnam of the 17^th century was concerned; but it is necessary to bear in mind that the boundaries of Madras expanded since then. The official centre of the settlement founded in 1639 was designated as Fort St. George. The British applied the name of Madraspatnam – which gradually became Madras – to the combined towns of Chennapatnam and Madraspatnam. The original site of the village of Madraspatnam is probably to be found on the northern esplanade of modern Fort St. George. Outside the bounds of Madraspatnam was a group of villages comprising Tandore on the north, Perambore to the north-west, Vepery and Purasawalkam on the west, Egmore and Nungabaukam to the south-west and the Triplicane on the south. These villages, with others, are now included in the urban area, but they were acquired by the British only later. Chintadripet was not founded until the eighteenth century. With the addition of these and other areas, the growing city also came to be called Madras.

The Tamil claims to the city were based on solid grounds. The Tamils constitute the majority of the population in the city which is also surrounded by Tamil areas. Within the Madras municipal corporation Tamil population was at 67.92% in 1951.

Old Claims

In the early years of the Andhra Movement, the considered view of almost all its protagonists was that Madras, not being a Telugu city, had no place in the future Andhra Province. Even maps of Andhra Province published at that time excluded Madras. The articles in the press argued that the Andhra backwardness was due, among other things, to the situation of the capital in a far-off corner dominated by Tamils. The remedy, the Andhras felt, lay in having a separate Province with the capital in its midst.

The first suggestion that Madras could be the Andhra capital and some other place the Capital for the residuary Madras Province was made at the Nellore Conference of Andhra Maha Sabha by O.V. Rangayya Pantulu, the Chairman of the Reception Committee.

Importance of the City

Madras developed owing to the efforts of all the linguistic groups in the city, particularly the Tamils and the Telugus, the largest groups. Since the founding of the Fort St. George, it was the headquarters of the Presidency and so a number of Government buildings were located in the city. It was a centre of business, had the port, aerodrome and other facilities. It was the educational centre of the Presidency. The post-graduate and Professional colleges were almost concentrated there. Giving up the city would mean giving up these educational advantages.

The inclusion of the city was demanded on financial grounds too. Excluding the city, the Telugu districts had, on the basis of 19848-49 accounts, a deficit of Rs. 201.01 lakhs, and the non-Telugu districts a deficit of Rs. 179.44 lakhs. The Madras city had a surplus of Rs. 208.96 lakhs

Various Suggestions

In view of these claims and counter-claims over the city, various suggestions were made, mostly by the Andhras, as to the status of the city in the even of the formation of linguistic provinces. The suggestions were:

1) To make it the common capital for both the Andhra and Tamil provinces

2) To make the city itself or with the inclusion of some surrounding areas into a separate province

3) To divide the city into North Madras and South Madras with river Couum as the boundary and making North Madras the capital of Andhra and South Madras the capital of Tamil Province.

Arbitration

At a very late stage there was more or less a unanimous opinion among the Andhras that the city be made a Part C state (Union Territory). They repeatedly pleaded for arbitration of the disputed issues including the status of Madras city. The Tamils did not even consider these suggestions. With one voice all of them demanded the inclusion of the city in the Tamil Province.

It is doubtful that the creation of Madras as a Part C state (Union Territory) would have solved the problem. Creation of Andhra and Tamil Provinces would naturally have increased the demand for other linguistic provinces in the post-independent India. Madras was not the only city having significantly large groups of people speaking different languages. Bangalore, Trivendrum, Hyderabad, Bombay, and Calcutta are some of the cities in this category. If the principle of linguistic provinces and the creation of disputed cities into Part C States are both accepted it may be demanded that all these cities be made Part C States. And the question of finding new capitals for Andhra, Tamilnad, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, to give only a few examples, would arise. May be, the new states might have to depend upon their own resources or seek central grants to have new capitals. The Government of India would not allow all these new problems to crop up simply because it could not take a firm decision to allow Bombay and Madras cities to be included in unilingual provinces. So the status-quo continued.

* Article extracted from the book ‘The Emergence of Andhra Pradesh” by Sri. K.V. Narayana Rao.

Transportation (State Railways Department- Rail/Road/Air):
1) Largest of Railways system of any Indian state
2) Pioneer of Road Transport Operated and Controlled by State Railway Admin
3) 1360 miles of Open Line. 688 miles of broad gauge. 672 miles of metre gauge.
4) As of 31 March 1941, amount worth Rupees 15 crores. Gross Earnings- Rs 254 lakhs, Net Earnings – Rs136 lakhs. Return on Investment- 9%
5) Roadways: around 342 motor vehicles (including state run Buses) and 4142 miles of route (roads)
6) Established Air Department in 1938.
7) Begampet airport- one of the largest and best equipped in India
8 ) Airports for public use in Adilabad and Aurangabad

Broadcasting:
1) The State has a Broadcasting Department under which there are two transmitting stations, one at Saroornagar near the capital and the other at Aurangabad.

2) The former started functioning in 1939, while the latter has been opened by the Rt. Hon’ble Sir Akbar Hydari, in April 1941.
3) The power of the transmitter installed at Saroornagar is 5 kwt., or 25 times more than that of the old transmitter.
4) The Aurangabad Station which is of 1/2 kwt., is primarily meant to cater for local needs with emphasis on rural broadcasting.
5) Programmes from the Hyderabad Station are issued in Urdu and English, while the Aurangabad Station broadcasts in Urdu and Marathi.

OU: University Budget
1) The University Budget for 1350 F. (Oct. 1940 -Oct. 1941) amounts to 0. S. Rs. 21,16,819 (equal to B. G. Rs, 18,14,416) out of which over 7 lakhs are allotted to the University College, one lakh to the Women’s College, about 2 lakhs to the Medical College and about 3 lakhs to the Engineering College.

Hyderabad as a free- zone, as reported by news media has created a political turmoil once again and deeply hurt the Telanganites, and their Sentiments. The judgment issued by the Supreme Court of India in October 2009, may not have used the words “free zone”, but for all practical purposes, it means the same as far as police department is concerned There are great chances of converting Greater Hyderabad as a free zone, because Education Department is also using the words VII zone, city cadre etc.

In the past also a judgment issued by the Supreme Court in 1972 has resulted in the resignation of the then Chief Minister, late PV Narasimha Rao, and imposition of Presidents Rule. Any judgment issued by the Supreme Court either in favor, or against Telangana interests, the Andhra political leadership has the cunning abilities to convert it against Telanganites. Unfortunately the 2009 judgment does not take note of nor does it quote, 1972 judgment, caused havoc in fact has resulted in the Presidential Order 1975.

On the other hand, in 2009 judgment facts have been twisted and wrongly quoted that 1969 Telangana agitation has resulted in a six point formula. Para 1 of the judgment says, “… in the backdrop of the agitation, a six point formula was evolved, which among other things envisaged equitable employment…” This shows the type of information and arguments that were presented on behalf of the state Government.

The Mulki Rules which were promulgated by a Firman of the Nizam in 1919 in the then existing Hyderabad State, were declared to be valid in Telangana Region of AP, by the 1972 judgment, which resulted in an Andhra Agitation demanding all safeguards to Telanganites, to be scrapped…which was the sole basis, premise and foundation on which AP was forcibly formed in 1956.Otherwise separate Andhra was demanded, and central leadership of the AICC would go to any extent to appease Andhra leadership. The results are well known.

1348 F Hyderabad City Police Act

Presidential Order Para 14 (f) 1348 F has been quoted as a saving clause. But the State Government and Supreme Court conveniently forgot that 1348F corresponds to 1927 AD, and none of the persons pertaining to that period would have survived, nonetheless in service. Mulki Rules came into existence in 1919 AD by the Firman of Nizam … these aspects were not at all referred in the Supreme Court, October 2009. None of the employees, who had gone to Supreme Court, must have been appointed as per rules and regulations of 1348 F, Hyderabad City Police Act. In fact.14(f) must have been included in the Presidential Order 1975, only to protect them from the onslaught of Andhra dominated Bureaucracy.

Further, the October judgment of the Supreme Court quoted extensively the Presidential order and devoted half of the pages in it, but conveniently kept blank (closed eyes) either by the state Government or Supreme Court, or both with exterior motives, Para 3 of the Presidential Order. The text of the Supreme Court judgment 2009 quotes:

Organisation of Local Cadres … Please refer Para 3 and SubPara 3

(1) is indicated as xxxxxxxxx

This Para is very important because it deals with organization of cadres. The Para, which has been deliberately omitted or the authorities concerned closed their eyes, reads as:

“The State Government shall, within a period of eighteen months ( subsequently amended to 27 months ) from the commencement of this order, organize classes of posts in the civil services of , and classes of civil posts under, the state into different local cadres for different parts of the state to the extent, and in the manner, hereinafter provided.”

This clearly means local cadres have to be created within 27 months of proclamation of the Presidential Order, 1975. (18-10-1975). Not at any time at the whims and fancies of the Government. Presidential Order was amended several times subsequently, but Para 3 was never altered.

Further, Para 3(6) of the Presidential Order:

“…categories of posts for which a separate cadre has to be organised for the city of Hyderabad and on such notification, the posts belonging to each such category in each such department in the said city (other than those concerned with the administration of areas falling outside the city of Hyderabad) shall be organised into a separate cadre and the posts so organized shall be excluded from the other cadres, organized in pursuance of this paragraph, or constituted and comprising of posts belonging to that category in that department.”

It is the responsibility of the Government to establish that city cadres were created, notified and be transparent about it. It is strange that during the meetings of House Committee in progress, chief secretary had to express regrets, and apologies. Strangely, when Education Secretary was forced to abolish Zone VII order and only there after come to House Committee, he acted so on one stroke, and issued another G.O showing all such people in City Cadre. Even today, Education Department is operating under the camouflage of City Cadre .This shows the mentality of Andhra officers, and Secretariat is full of such officers.

This aspect of City Cadre, organization, notification, exclusion from other cadres etc … was thoroughly examined and discussed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, in WP Nos 13458 of 2001 and Batch Decided on 22-11-2001( 2002 (1)ALT 279(F.B.) and observed that no city cadre was ever created and notified, and also observed that Hyderabad is part of Zone VI, and there is no separate zone VII, the question of free zone does not arise.

The Supreme Court of India, which had extensively quoted Presidential Order which indicated only six zones in Schedule II, entertained the arguments of Zone VII, by the Police Department and how come APPSC, which is a Constitutional Body entertained Zone VII in its proceedings … this is totally unconstitutional, illegal … whosoever is the author of Zone VII is liable for criminal prosecution, and deterrent actions for violating Presidential Order.

Six-Point Formula a Domiciles Sword

The dominant Andhra political leadership, subservient Telangana leadership and biased Central leadership have connived and thrust Six Point Formula, Presidential Order, 371D, Six zones in lieu of three zones, Mulki Rules were scrapped, the Telangana Regional Committee, which was among other things was the custodian of Telangana rights and Telangana lands, was abolished. Now before going into past, the future of Telangana is safe only in the creation of separate Telangana state or to restore the Hyderabad state, with the revival of Mulki Rules, by constitutional amendments, by adapting suitable resolution by the Parliament of India.

Meanwhile, six zones be abolished and only three zones are created-Telangana, Andhra and Rayalaseema for employment also, as is being practiced for educational opportunities. Para 14 Saving clause be totally removed from Presidential Order, including 14(f) and ( Para 21 ) be strictly implemented for equitable employment in Secretariat, Offices of Heads of Department and organizing Police force, etc.. Otherwise the injustices committed on the people of Telangana, since 1956 would be perpetuated as long as the un-united integrated state of AP is allowed to exist in the Map of the Country. This is the glimpse of Past, Present and future.

For greater details, if we carefully examine the Past, the first SRC recommended against the formation of AP, apprehending that the people of Telangana would be converted into a colony of powerful Andhra, employment opportunities of Telanganites will be usurped, irrigational potential will be denied, Telangana financial surpluses would be diverted to Andhra area etc … -. What all was apprehended proved to be true, and more damage is done. Telangana culture and identity were systematically ruined.

Historically speaking some of the landmarks are:

• 1952 Non Mulki Go Back Agitation in Warangal and Hyderabad was a prelude, in which seven students died
• 1954-55 SRC Recommendations-Supported Hyderabad State
• Gentleman’s Agreement-February 20,1956-AP was founded on these pillars.
• AP formation on 1-11-1956-Gentleman’s Agreement-violated on the first day-

By Neelam Sanjiv Reddy-first Chief Minister.

• Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Rules of 1959 … Subsequent legal battle in High Court and Supreme Court- finality in October 1972.
• Telangana Regional Committees’ Recommendations were ignored
• 1969 Historic Telangana Agitation involving students and employees, 369 Martyrs-unnoticed, unsung, no traces, no statues.
• All party Accord January 1, 1969
• GO Ms No 36 Dated January 21, 1969, ordering repatriation of all non Mulkis, numbering about 25000 employees to Andhra and Rayalaseema areas, before
• 28- 02-1969 … – identical to present GO Ms 610
• Prime Ministers 8-Point Programme April 1, 1969
• May 20, 1969 University and College Teachers Convention, demanding Separate Telangana-Publication of first ever Research Document “ Telangana Movement” Distributed to All Central Cabinet Ministers and MPs in New Delhi
• 1971 Parliament elections 11/14 MPs elected by Telangana Praja Samithi, much against Strong All India Indira Wave.
• October 1972, historic Supreme Court Judgment validating Mulki Rules.
• Andhra agitation against all safeguards to Telanganites, alternatively Separate Andhra State demanded.
• January 18, 1973 Resignation of the then Chief Minister PV Narasimha Rao. And imposition of Presidents Rule.
• Six-Point Formula Sept 21, 1973 ; 371-D & Presidential Orders
• Mulki Rules , and Telangana Regional Committee abolished
• Six zones instead of two regions, 4years of study/residence in lieu of 15 years of residence.
• Presidential Orders violation, illegal transfers, non existing VII zone created, Hyderabad Converted into virtual Free Zone
• Telangana NGO’s Union protested against the violations of Presidential Orders Secretaries to the Government headed by Sri Jaya Bharat Reddy, Committee which estimated that 58,692 non locals were appointed against the spirit and letter of Presidential Order. Surprisingly the State Government now claims that the details and relevant papers and documents about these employees are missing. In fact they have to be repatriated to their respective zones.
• In a similar situation in 1985, in the projects under construction in Rayala Seema area, where non Rayala Seema employees were appointed, a GO No 564 Dated

Was issued they were sent back within 20 days by force.

Go Ms No 610 Dated 30-12-1985 & After

The Go 610 has become so famous-for several reasons, some among them are :

• Government Order issued in 1985, has not been implemented till 2009 for 24 long years, deserves to be entered into Guinness Book of World Records
• Probably this issue has been covered by both print and electronic media, with a maximum coverage; probably no other issue received so much attention in the last decade.
• So many Committees-Cabinet Committees, Officers Committees, House Committees were constituted, without any end result.

The sole purpose of this order is to rectify the violations of Presidential Order in Zones V & VI..As per Para 5(1):

The employees allotted after 18-10-1975 (Presidential Order) to Zones V to VI in violation of zonalisation of local cadres under the six point formula will be repatriated to their respective zones by 31-03-1986 by creating supernumerary posts wherever necessary

The posts in Secretariat and HODs etc have to be filled on equitable basis, following fair share principle as per Para 21 of the Presidential Order.

To study the problem in depth One man Commission, popularly known as Girglani Commission was appointed, which gave a three volume Report on a priority basis. The Chief Ministers announced that the recommendations will be implemented in letter and spirit. Now that Girglani is no more it should be implemented as homage- to a great administrator… Some of the observations of the Commission have to be reported in this brief note.

… The tip of the iceberg has enabled the Commission to explore the iceberg in full, even though hardly one-third of the total numbers of Departments have responded and cooperated with the Commission..

The Commission had identified 126 findings, known as estimates of deviations, 18 types of deviations, seven sources of deviations, 35 remedial actions and 3 recommendations.

Where it appears to the Government that in any particular finding there is indication of gross lapse, malafides, bias, favouritism, or recalcitrant persistence in deviations (such cases have come to notice), on the part of any official/officials strong deterrent action may be instituted. The Commission further observed those 35 years after the Presidential Order; a whole generation has changed not only in the society but also in the Government set up. Lack of awareness and even oblivion of the Presidential Order is therefore not surprising. Many deviations are also traceable to this factor.