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Potti Sriramulu’s fast for Andhra (1952)
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19 Oct – 15 Dec 1952 — Potti Sriramulu fasted for 58 days for a Telugu-speaking state and died; riots spread through the Telugu districts, and four days later Nehru conceded Andhra. The first state drawn by language was formed on 1 October 1953.
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