Sribagh Pact

Sribagh Pact is an agreement made between the political leaders of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions during the separate Andhra in 1937. Historically, the Sribagh Agreement has been an important subject matter to the people of both the regions, as far as developmental issues are concerned.

Signatories

• K. Koti Reddy
• Kalluri Subba Rao
• L. Subbarami Reddy
• Bhogaraju Pattabhi Seetharamayya
• Konda Venkatappyya
• Pappuri Ramacharyulu
• R.Venkatappa Naidu
• H. Seetharama Reddy

History and background

Since the takeover of South India by the British in late 18th century, Andhra had been merged with Madras State. When the separate Andhra movement started, the Coastal Andhra leaders urged for the support of Rayalaseema leaders to strengthen the issue. But Rayalaseema leaders were not ready to go hand in hand with coastal leaders, as they had their own doubts of development of their region. On 16 November 1937, the leaders of both the regions sat for an agreement in the house of Kashinathuni Nageshwara Rao, a well known media owner and of Amrutanjan, known as Sribagh. Hence, this agreement came to be known as the Sribagh Agreement.[1]

The main points of the pact were:

  • Whenever an Andhra state is formed, the capital city would be located in the Rayalaseema region[2][3][4]
  • The High Court will be located in the Coastal Andhra region[5]

Gentlemen's Agreement

People may confuse the Sri Bagh and Gentleman's agreement. While Sri Bhag agreement is between Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema leaders, the Gentlemen's Agreement is between Andhra and Telangana leaders. In 1956, when the states were reorganised based on language, Telugu speaking areas of Hyderabad state were proposed to merge with Andhra state. Hyderabad state leaders had apprehensions on these merger, so the Gentleman's Agreement was signed by state leaders of Hyderabad (Telangana)and Andhra On 1956/Feb/20 at Hyderabad guest house in Delhi under the scope of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. To safeguard the telangana state rights .

SIGNATORIES

Telangana:-

1.Burgula Ramakrishna rao

2.Konda Venkata ranga Reddy

3.Marri Chennareddy

4.Joginapally Venkata narasinga Rao

Andhra :-

1.Bezawada gopal reddy

2.Nilam sanjeeva reddy

3.Sardhar gouth lachanna

4.Alluri satyanarayana raju.

References

  1. ↑ P. R. Rao. History of Andhra.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAT8AgVK438
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/state-view-rayalaseema-in-a-state-of-discontent/article7747573.ece
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/jp-to-support-demand-for-rayalaseema-state/article8030349.ece
  5. ↑ http://epaper.thehansindia.com/PUBLICATIONS/THEHANSINDIA/THI/2013/07/28/ArticleHtmls/Andhra-perspective-Need-to-learn-lessons-28072013007027.shtml?Mode=1

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