Andhra movement

For the campaign to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, see 1972 Jai Andhra movement.

The Andhra movement or Andhrodyamam was a campaign for recognition of Telugu-speaking part of the Madras Presidency as a separate political unit in British India. The Andhra movement leaders alleged that the Telugu people were being suppressed by the Tamils, who dominated politics and government jobs. A similar movement was started by the Telugu people living in the Hyderabad State under Nizam's rule.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Hanumantha rao, Madabhushi (1949). Telanganalo Andhrodyamam (Digital) (in Telugu). Andhra chandrika granthamala. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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