Hyderabad: Where the hearts never met

Andhra was created in 1953 as India's first linguistic state by hiving off 11 Telugu–speaking districts of Madras. It was only a partial fulfilment of a long-cherished goal of Andhras for a united state for all Telugu-speaking people, 'Vishal Andhra'. Prakasam, the new state's first chief minister, was asked why he had chosen Kurnool, a ramshackle district town...

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