Previous Year Question

Among the given options, the correct answer is Andhra Pradesh. After Independence, the demand for a separate State for Telugu-speaking people played an important role in the movement for the linguistic reorganisation of States. Potti Sriramulu undertook a fast unto death for a separate Telugu-speaking State, and his death paved the way for the creation of Andhra. NCERT also records this movement and the subsequent creation of Andhra.

Important fact: Historically, the more precise sequence is that Andhra State was created on 1 October 1953 by separating Telugu-speaking areas from Madras State. Later, on 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telangana region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State to form Andhra Pradesh. Official Andhra Pradesh government records also refer to the linguistic reorganisation that took effect on 1 November 1956.