This article are depended on after independence, the first demand for creating a state on linguistic basis came from erstwhile Madras Presidency where the Telugu speaking people started an agitation for creation of a separate state. Potti Sreeramlu lost his life on 15th December, 1952, after 52 days of a fast-unto-death in support of this demand. This led mass protests which forced the Government to accede to the demand. Later a State Reorganization Commission was appointed on whose recommendations, 14 states and 3 Union territories were created, mostly on linguistic considerations. Since then, many more states have been created Indian history from time to time either on linguistic or on socio-economic consideration. Southern states led by Tamil Nadu launched a campaign against compulsory teaching of Hindi in these states. This led to anti Hindi protests in these areas. The protests had started as early as 1937 against compulsory teaching of Hindi in schools of Madras Presidency started by the Congress Government. The mandatory Hindi education was later withdrawn by the British Governor of Madras in February 1940 after the resignation of the Congress Government in 1939. At the time of framing of the Constitution, Hindi was adopted as the official language of India with English continuing as an associate official language for a period of fifteen years, after which Hindi was to become the sole official language. However, making Hindi, the official language after 1965 was not acceptable to non Hindi speaking states. Agitations in these states, particularly, Tamil Nadu, led the Government to enact Harappan civilizations Official Languages Act in 1963 which was amended in 1967 to allow to continue "virtual indefinite policy of bilingualism". Movements for establishment of a separate Telengana state comprising of Telugu speaking areas, has been continuing since 1960s with varying intensity. As the state is to be carved out of the state of Andhra Pradesh, the demand is being opposed in Rayalseema and Coastal Andhra. Presently, the movement is being led under the aegis of Terengganu Rashtra Samiti (TRS) with K. Chandrasekhar Rao as the leader of the organization. Another aspect of regionalism is being seen in Maharashtra where the North Indians are being blamed for almost every problem and face violence from time to time.
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