Mr. Strite, What happened post independence is to eliminate the history of each land. Andhra had great leaders since time immemorial. There were only 3-4 languages on the currency of India during British era-Telugu was one of them. On some coins there were only two languages, English and Telugu. Innumerable number of Telugus sacrificed for Freedom. Jaya Pattabhi was congress president. Even after the caste based ticket giving from 1950 on wards, Three of the Indian presidents were Telugu. One of the Prime Ministers was Telugu. The chief minister who presided over the merging of Telengana, knew that he was going to lose his job-but he sacrificed for the greater good of the state and reduce the influence of Rajakars connected to Pak agitating for merger or independence like they are doing in Kahsmir at that time. If he did not sacrifice then, Telengana would have been another Kashmir. In general Indians are not only less knowledgeble of their country's history but also are missing gratitude. If one lists the freedom fighters and scholars from Andra, the list is huge. NTR was just a popular actor, not scholar or freedom fighter. Naidu put Andra on world map. If we can see beyond our own caste and not suppress others because they are not our caste, we will find great people in every state.
