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    1) After independence, there was a demand to reorganize Indian states on a linguistic basis. A commission was formed in 1947 to study this issue but recommended against organizing states purely based on language. 2) In 1948, a committee rejected language as the sole basis for reorganization and suggested criteria like security, unity and economic prosperity instead. However, demands for linguistic reorganization persisted in southern states. 3) A State Reorganisation Commission was formed in 1953 to further study the problem. In its 1955 report, the commission accepted language as the basis for reorganization and suggested reorganizing existing states into 16 new states and 3 union territories, which was implemented through the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.

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    1) After independence, there was a demand to reorganize Indian states on a linguistic basis. A commission was formed in 1947 to study this issue but recommended against organizing states purely based on language. 2) In 1948, a committee rejected language as the sole basis for reorganization and suggested criteria like security, unity and economic prosperity instead. However, demands for linguistic reorganization persisted in southern states. 3) A State Reorganisation Commission was formed in 1953 to further study the problem. In its 1955 report, the commission accepted language as the basis for reorganization and suggested reorganizing existing states into 16 new states and 3 union territories, which was implemented through the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.

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    1) After independence, there was a demand to reorganize Indian states on a linguistic basis. A commission was formed in 1947 to study this issue but recommended against organizing states purely based on language. 2) In 1948, a committee rejected language as the sole basis for reorganization and suggested criteria like security, unity and economic prosperity instead. However, demands for linguistic reorganization persisted in southern states. 3) A State Reorganisation Commission was formed in 1953 to further study the problem. In its 1955 report, the commission accepted language as the basis for reorganization and suggested reorganizing existing states into 16 new states and 3 union territories, which was implemented through the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.

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    1) After independence, there was a demand to reorganize Indian states on a linguistic basis. A commission was formed in 1947 to study this issue but recommended against organizing states purely based on language. 2) In 1948, a committee rejected language as the sole basis for reorganization and suggested criteria like security, unity and economic prosperity instead. However, demands for linguistic reorganization persisted in southern states. 3) A State Reorganisation Commission was formed in 1953 to further study the problem. In its 1955 report, the commission accepted language as the basis for reorganization and suggested reorganizing existing states into 16 new states and 3 union territories, which was implemented through the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.

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    REORGANISATION OF

    STATES IN INDIA
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    After independence, the demand for the reorganisation of states on linguistic basis was raised from
    different regions. The Constitution Assembly appointed S. K. Dhar Commission in Nov. 1947 to study
    the issue of reorganisation of States on linguistic basis. The commission in its report , submitted in
    1948, recommended against the organisation of states purely on basis. Instead, the commission
    suggested the following criteria along with language1. Geographical contiguity
    2. Financial self-reliance
    3. Administrative viability
    4. Potential for development
    The Congress, in its Jaipur session in 1948, appointed a three member committee to consider the
    recommendations of Dhar Commission. The Committee is popularly known as JVP Committee after
    the name of its three members Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel, and Pattabhi Sitarammaiah.
    The committee rejected language as the basis of reorganisation of states. It suggested that the
    security, unity and economic prosperity of the nation as the criteria of reorganisation. The Congress
    Working Committee accepted its recommendation in 1949, but the demand for linguistic
    reorganisation of States persisted in southern states particularly in Telgu speaking areas. As the
    agitation took a violent turn in Telgu speaking area, the Congress conceded the reorganisation of
    Telgu speaking area in the State of Andhra Pradesh in 1953.
    To make an exhaustive study of the problem, the Government of India setup State Reorganisation
    Commission in 1953 which was headed by Fazal Ali. The other members of the commission were
    Hriday Nath Kunzru and K M Panikkar. The commission, in its report submitted in 1955, accepted
    the language as the basis of reorganisation of the States. It suggested the reorganisation of 27 states
    of various categories into 16 states and 3 union territories. The State Reorganisation Act, 1956 was
    passed by parliament to give effect to the recommendations of the commission.

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