1.1.08 Following the States Reorganization Act, while the Marathi-speaking districts of the composite Hyderabad state, as mentioned in para 1.1.06, were merged with the then Bombay state, the Kannada-speaking districts of Gulbarga, Raichur and also Bidar were included in the then Mysore state.
1.1.09 In the meanwhile, from the time of formation of Andhra state, in the parliamentary debates during 1953-1955, sentiments were expressed by members of parliament representing the erstwhile state of Hyderabad, in favour of unification of all the Telugu-speaking areas of both Andhra state and erstwhile Hyderabad state. Even stronger expressions were in favour of Hyderabad to be considered and made the capital in place of Kurnool. To quote a few, Shri Heda, MP from Nizamabad, on August 19, 1953, while speaking on the Andhra State Bill mentioned in the Lok Sabha:
“Unfortunately, in the whole of Andhra, that is the 11 districts there is no single town, which, I think, would be worth calling even a district centre. Fortunately, in Hyderabad, we have got a readymade capital, one of the best cities in the whole of India, very good cement roads, many buildings and all the amenities of city life. Therefore, if a decision about Hyderabad city could have been taken, Hyderabad city would have been a very easy and ready capital and so many difficulties and hurdles would have been easily overcome……….
If Hyderabad is going to be the future capital of Vishal Andhra, why not create those links; why not develop those links which are already there and thereby facilitate the future location of your capital? That is my point………”
Shri M.R.Krishna, MP from Karimnagar, talking on the same Bill on August 19, 1953, mentioned on similar lines:
“I would like to say that if the temporary capital of Andhra is located somewhere outside Hyderabad, then, after some time when the Government of India decides that Hyderabad should be disintegrated, it would create more problems for the people of Hyderabad who have been all the time patiently hearing and acting on the advice of the Central Government. Therefore, I would say that instead of locating the temporary capital outside Hyderabad, Hyderabad should be immediately disintegrated and the capital should be located in Hyderabad.”
Shri Krishnacharya Joshi, M.P. from Yadagiri, in the same session mentioned:
“Many people hold the view that unless Hyderabad is disintegrated and the 8 districts of Telangana integrated with the Andhra State, the Andhra State will remain incomplete.…………………….”
In other words, the expression was largely in favour of Hyderabad city (not Kurnool) to function as the capital of the Andhra state, with the unification of the Telugu-speaking areas, looking possible in not too distant a future. While these views had been expressed in the Parliament in 1953, in the Telangana convention held in November, 1955, at Secunderabad, Harishchandra Heda, MP, changed his earlier position and strongly supported the formation of a separate Telangana state on a permanent basis. In the resolution so passed at this convention after a long debate, besides the known Telangana protagonists K.V. Ranga Reddy and M. Chenna Reddy, Heda was supported by several other senior Congress leaders, such as APCC President J.V.Narasinga Rao, Ahmed Mohiuddin, MP, M. Hanumantha Rao and the like.
