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dated December 27, 1952: Andhra-Tamil dispute about Madras

Meeting in Vijayawada, the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee decided to present a Memorandum to Mr. Justice Wanchoo setting out demands regarding a separate State of Andhra. The Committee wanted the capital of the new State to be in Madras, till such time as a new capital was identifiedand the City of Madras to be formed into a Chief Commissioner's State. A Sub-committee of the Tamil Pradesh Congress Committee, meeting under the presidentship of Mr K. Kamaraj Nadar, welcomed Prime Minister Nehru's announcement of an Andhra State without Madras City, but expressed its determination never to have Madras City made into a Chief Commissioner's province, or to have Andhra's capital located in it even temporarily.

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