Major historical events between 1948 and 1956

* The Nizam state of Hyderabad  had become part of the Indian Union following the Police Action by the Government of India during September 13-18, 1948.

*The state of Hyderabad was kept under the rule of a military governor till the end of 1949.

*In January, 1950 a senior administrator M.A.Vellodi, ICS, was made the Chief Minister and the Nizam was given the status of Rajpramukh.

After general elections of 1952, the first popular ministry, headed by Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, took charge of the state.

The state of  Hyderabad, during 1952-56, consisted of the primarily Telugu-speaking districts

of Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Khammam, Medak and the city of Hyderabad (including Ranga Reddy district), the predominantly Marathi-speaking northern districts of Aurangabad, Bir,Pharbani, Osmanabad and Nanded and the Kannada-speaking southern districts of Gulbarga, Raichur and Bidar.

The Telugu-speaking districts together formed  more than 50% of the area of Hyderabad state. Notwithstanding the same, Hyderabad, during Nizam‟s rule, was the only native state where the language of  administration was neither English, nor that of the people of the state. The language of the courts, the administration and instruction in educational institutions was primarily Urdu.

 After the formation of Andhra state in October, 1953, the demand  for creation of other linguistic states gained momentum.

On December 22, 1953,  the then Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, announced in the Lok Sabha the decision to set up a States Reorganization Commission to examine “objectively  and dispassionately” the whole question of the reorganization of the states of the  Indian Union. Accordingly, the Government of India, vide Ministry of Home  Affairs resolution, dated December 29, 1953, appointed the “States Reorganization Commission” headed by Justice S. Fazal Ali with H.N. Kunzru  and K.M. Panikkar as members, to examine and suggest a rational solution for  the reorganization of states, based on language.

The Commission submitted its  report to the Government of India in 1955. “The Commission, after consultations  and interactions with various groups of people, is reported to have found the

public will in favour of linguistic reorganization. The rationale was that language  being the most faithful reflection of the culture of an ethnic group, ethno-lingual  boundaries would be considered the most stable and suitable arrangement for  the effective working of democratic entities and institutions. It was alsoIt was also  perceived that the same would also have the advantage of ease for people‟s interaction with the government.”