In 1969: This year saw the first of the protests from the Telangana region. Some students protested “implementation of the safe guards from Andhra Pradesh” while some protested for a “Separate Telangana”. The local newspaper Indian Express reported that the latter group were dominant. According to the 19 January 1969 edition of The Indian Express, the agitation turned violent when a crowd attempted to set fire to a sub-inspector’s residence. 17 were injured in Police firing. Discussions about the promised safe-guards were held. The Telangana Regional Committee was, however, not fully convinced of the outcome.1 This agitation was met by a counter agitation by the Andhra students accusing the transfer Andhra employees as a discrimination between one region and the other. The transfers were eventually challenged in the high-court.
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Unique Paper ID: 145103
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 4, Issue 7
Page(s): 437 - 440
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