Telangana Praja Samithi
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Telangana Praja Samithi
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| founder = ananthula madan mohan founded initially, then headed by Marri Chenna Reddy
| president = Neera Kishore
| secretary = Sanaullah
| leader = Pratap Kishore
| foundation = 1969
| ideology = Social justice with economic development
| website =
| headquarters = Hyderabad, Telangana State
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Telangana Praja Samithi or Telangana Peoples Convention was an Indian political party which fought for statehood for the Telangana region.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kcr-claims-victory-trs-calls-off-rally/106827-37.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010522/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kcr-claims-victory-trs-calls-off-rally/106827-37.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-03 |title=KCR recovers, TRS calls off victory rally |publisher=IBNLive |date=2009-12-10 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/tps-1969-contest-polls-telangana-state|title=TPS of 1969 to contest polls in Telangana state – The Siasat Daily|website=www.siasat.com}}{{cite web|url=https://telanganautsav.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/pratap-kishore-founder-of-telangana-praja-samiti/|title=Pratap Kishore – founder of Telangana Praja Samiti|date=4 January 2012|publisher=}}
History
TPS was founded in 1969. The founding president of the party was Ananthula Madan Mohan,{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/former-minister-madan-mohan-passes-away/article27712128.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 November 2004|title=Former Minister Madan Mohan passes away|accessdate=21 February 2020}} but later taken over by Marri Chenna Reddy who spearheaded the Telangana agitation and eventually winning over 10 Lok Sabha seats in the 1971 elections. Telangana Praja Samithi's support was not crucial as Indira Gandhi got complete superiority in that election. Chenna Reddy dissolved the Telangana Praja Samiti a few days after the resignation of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy on September 24, 1971. Later the members merged into the Congress party.
The party was revived again in 1983 with Vande Mataram Ramchander Rao, as the President, Pratap Kishore was the General Secretary. After the death of Vandemataram Ram Chander Rao, Gandhian Bhoopati Krishnamurthi (Telangana Gandhi) was elected president and led the party for nearly two decades up to his death in January 2015. After Bhoopati Krishnamoorthi Neera Kishore, was elected as President of Telangana Praja Samithi.
Movement
TPS organized a series of strikes and demonstrations throughout the Telangana region to push their demand for a separate state. In June 1969 general strikes in Hyderabad organized by the TPS led to widespread violence as TPS supporters clashed with supporters of a unified Andhra state and with police."Police Fire Many Times as Wave of Violence Rocks Hyderabad and Warangal: Curfew Clamped on Both Towns: Death-Roll Mounts." The Times of India (4 June 1969).
Elections
In the 1971 Lok Sabha elections, TPS won 10 out of 11 seats in Telangana.{{cite web|author=S. Nagesh Kumar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article1018827.ece |title=One people, many aspirations |work=The Hindu |date=2010-12-30 |accessdate=2013-07-20}} However, in September 1971 TPS merged with Congress, and the Telangana agitations temporarily disappeared and P V Narsimha Rao was made the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-03/hyderabad/28379626_1_merger-issue-merger-decision-prp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024304/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-03/hyderabad/28379626_1_merger-issue-merger-decision-prp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-05 |title=YSR mooted Cong merger with PRP |date=2011-02-03 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2013-07-20}}
See also
References
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External links
- http://epaper.thehansindia.com/c/30245124 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009234822/http://epaper.thehansindia.com/c/30245124 |date=9 October 2018 }}
Category:Political parties in Telangana
Category:1969 establishments in Andhra Pradesh