First pm Jawaharlal nehru.. WAs that a mistake..?(part 3: Regional Division in Terms of Linguistics )
During Nehru’s regime, Potti Sreeramulu, a revolutionary, went on a hunger strike demanding formation of an Indian state for the Telugu-speaking population of Madras Presidency. Sardar Patel and Rajendra Prasad warned Nehru not to give in to Sreeramulu’s demands on the basis of language. They said that division in terms of linguistics would only create …