When a death after 58-day hunger strike shook Nehru, gave birth to Andhra
India Today · Sushim Mukul ·
Five years after Independence Gandhian leader and activist Potti Sriramulu began a fast until death demanding a separate state for Telugu-speaking people His death after 58 days of fast forced PM Jawaharlal Nehru to act and declare the formation of the Andhra State the first on linguistic lines
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