the committee adamantly continued to oppose the reorganisation of Mahatma Gandhi Annie Besant Bal Gangadhar Tilak linguistic States, insisting on higher ideals like unity and development. With the growing demand for linguistic autonomy, a report was generated enabling the creation of linguistic States. Agitation and movements across the country continued until the 1960s. First Linguistic State The first linguistic State was Andhra Pradesh comprising of Telugu speaking people established under pressure.
Massive protests prevailed for a prolonged period, costing the life of Potti Sriramulu, who died on the 58th day of his hunger strike. ( - - to - - ) Violent agitation followed all over Andhra Pradesh even after his death. Nehru was forced to declare the State of Andhra Pradesh, after merging Telugu speaking Hyderabad State and Andhra State in . State Reorganisation Commission Heeding to the growing violent insistence for the creation of States based on linguistic factors from across the country, Jawaharlal Nehru appointed three members with Shri Saiyid Fazl Ali as the Chairman, Hridayanath Kunzru, and K.M.
Panikkar as the members to set up the Fazl Commission, to review the demand for separate States. Finally, on 22nd December , the Fazl Commission was in place. The Commission acknowledges four major criteria to consider for the reorganisation of the States based on languages, and the report was submitted Potti Sriramulu in September . The following were the recommendations in brief: .
Linguistic and Cultural Homogeneity To reject the ideology of a State speaking only one language because there are States where people speak multiple languages, whereas there are independent multiple States where communities speak the same language. For example, Hindi is spoken across the North Indian States. . Financial, Economic and Administrative Considerations To ensure that the economic, political, and administrative functioning treats all sections of the society in a balanced manner because the Indian constitutions stand for equal rights and opportunities for all her citizens.
To acknowledge that linguistic homogeneity aids in administration. However, it cannot be considered as a unifying principle, ignoring other aspects such as administrative, financial, and political. .