It appears that Indira Gandhi, in retrospect, committed two blunders - splitting Pakistan and creating two enemies out of one in 1972 and not splitting AP in 1973 in the wake of Jai Andhra agitation. That would have limited the impact of NTR/TDP and growth of Hyderabad funded by people from Seema and Coastal Andhra.
జాజి శర్మ The blunders were many fold. She could have easily settled kashmir issue without surrendering 90000 PoWs in that war of Bangladesh., chickening out for the fear of American intervention . Another was propping up Rajiv to the throne when Sanjay gandhi died in that air crash. The biggest was agreeing to the marrige of Rajeev with Sonia, inviting a CiA agent into the house of PM.
The inevitable partition of AP state into Telangana and AP (remaining part) has happened. AP was formed as a Telugu speaking linguistic state in 1956 with the merger of Telangana and Andhra State. Telangana is the Telugu region of erstwhile Hyderabad state under the Nizam. Andhra State was formed when the Telugu region of erstwhile Madras Presidency broke away in 1953, after Potti SriRamulu’s fast until death. The new Seemandhra (to be called AP still) is back to 1953 status. Then Kurnool was the temporary capital with Guntur, the seat of High Court losing both Bellary and Chennai. Now losing Hyderabad is repetition of history.
For Telangana state there will be no change. It is business as usual, with Hyderabad as its capital. The basis for partition is always power politics and that was so even in partition of India. Partition then solved no problem but created many problems remaining unsolved in almost seven decades. The situation in the new twin states is no different. Some additional disputes will arise. The geography makes choice of new capital difficult. It is akin to that of Chile in South America.
Andhra has these problems now.
- No advanced educational institutions – no IIT, no NIT, no Central University, no IIM, no top class university, no AIIMS, no Law university, not many Central establishments,
- Naxalite problem gets divided – but still Andhra Orissa border is a serious threat, Nallamalai forests may also be a problem area
- The two states will compete in corruption
- Transportation across the state and to new capital will be under four Railway zones, ECR, SCR, SWR and SR Icchapuram, to Hindupuram, Chennai, Adoni Kurnool routes will be controlled from Bhabaneswar, Secunderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. Will be difficult to get satisfactory train services.
- The on-going Christianization process will continue without hindrance, or might even receive a further boost
Time will unfold how the state evolves on the national scene.
The inevitable partition of AP state into Telangana and AP (remaining part) has happened. AP was formed as a Telugu speaking linguistic state in 1956 with the merger of Telangana and Andhra State. Telangana is the Telugu region of erstwhile Hyderabad state under the Nizam. Andhra State was formed when the Telugu region of erstwhile Madras Presidency broke away in 1953, after Potti SriRamulu’s fast until death. The new Seemandhra (to be called AP still) is back to 1953 status. Then Kurnool was the temporary capital with Guntur, the seat of High Court losing both Bellary and Chennai. Now losing Hyderabad is repetition of history.
For Telangana state there will be no change. It is business as usual, with Hyderabad as its capital. The basis for partition is always power politics and that was so even in partition of India. Partition then solved no problem but created many problems remaining unsolved in almost seven decades. The situation in the new twin states is no different. Some additional disputes will arise. The geography makes choice of new capital difficult. It is akin to that of Chile in South America.
Andhra has these problems now.
- No advanced educational institutions – no IIT, no NIT, no Central University, no IIM, no top class university, no AIIMS, no Law university, not many Central establishments,
- Naxalite problem gets divided – but still Andhra Orissa border is a serious threat, Nallamalai forests may also be a problem area
- The two states will compete in corruption
- Transportation across the state and to new capital will be under four Railway zones, ECR, SCR, SWR and SR Icchapuram, to Hindupuram, Chennai, Adoni Kurnool routes will be controlled from Bhabaneswar, Secunderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. Will be difficult to get satisfactory train services.
- The on-going Christianization process will continue without hindrance, or might even receive a further boost
Time will unfold how the state evolves on the national scene.
A novel thought for the new capital of Nava Andhra Pradesh
Can be considered in a Brainstorming session as “out of box thinking”
New capital of NAP (Navya Andhra Pradesh) can be built between Tada and Sullurpeta. The new city can also be called Nava Chennapatnam. Readymade megacity of Chennai and major metropolis just across the TN border. And this is not my intellectual property; this idea had already been implemented by our brilliant Tamil-friends decades ago. The industrial township of Hosur is just 32 kilometres from Bangalore. I know executives of the industries there, staying in Bangalore and commuting daily to Hosur. They get twin domicile benefits also. This is also near Rayala Seema and evokes nostalgic memories in the whole of NAP.
Can be considered in a Brainstorming session as “out of box thinking”
New capital of NAP (Navya Andhra Pradesh) can be built between Tada and Sullurpeta. The new city can also be called Nava Chennapatnam. Readymade megacity of Chennai and major metropolis just across the TN border. And this is not my intellectual property; this idea had already been implemented by our brilliant Tamil-friends decades ago. The industrial township of Hosur is just 32 kilometres from Bangalore. I know executives of the industries there, staying in Bangalore and commuting daily to Hosur. They get twin domicile benefits also. This is also near Rayala Seema and evokes nostalgic memories in the whole of NAP.
Vvs Sarma Chennai is too far from Rameswaram, Hyderabad is equally far from Srikakulam, Bangalore is far from Bidar, The suggestion is that it should be widely discussed and the decision should be transparent. Now Belgaum is the second capital of Karnataka, Jammu is the summer capital of J&K, and old Andhra state had capital in Kurnool and High court in Guntur. This type of division should be explored. Visakhapatnam, Vijayavada-Guntu-Tenali, and Tirupati should be avoided at any cost.
Congress played a gamble for 2014 election and made a mischievous announcement abruptly without doing the homework necessary for smooth division or continuation of status quo. People on both sides are becoming emotionally charged. On the face of it looks like satisfying the long pending demand of Telangana but the result is a breakaway state which is essentially same as the one separating from Madras in 1953, at the same level of lack of development and no employment potential as of now. Forget about building a New Hyderabad, it takes about a decade even to build a new Bhuvaneswar. Telangana area suffered for its demand then in lost time and lives and now similar suffering is imposed on the remaining part. Loss of precious time and resources for both the areas. Purely man-made disaster.జాజి శర్మ It is election ploy to keep TDP and YSRCP parties in trouble. There is no real endeavour to bifurcate the state and by continous fall of rupee congress will be forced to dissolve lok Sabha by provoking Mulayam Singh yadav by revisiting CbI cases posing its againsst corruption.
Congress played a gamble for 2014 election and made a mischievous announcement abruptly without doing the homework necessary for smooth division or continuation of status quo. People on both sides are becoming emotionally charged. On the face of it looks like satisfying the long pending demand of Telangana but the result is a breakaway state which is essentially same as the one separating from Madras in 1953, at the same level of lack of development and no employment potential as of now. Forget about building a New Hyderabad, it takes about a decade even to build a new Bhuvaneswar. Telangana area suffered for its demand then in lost time and lives and now similar suffering is imposed on the remaining part. Loss of precious time and resources for both the areas. Purely man-made disaster.జాజి శర్మ It is election ploy to keep TDP and YSRCP parties in trouble. There is no real endeavour to bifurcate the state and by continous fall of rupee congress will be forced to dissolve lok Sabha by provoking Mulayam Singh yadav by revisiting CbI cases posing its againsst corruption.
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