ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ అవతరణ దినోత్సవం
మద్రాసు రాష్ట్రం నుంచి విడిపోయి ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం అవతరించింది - అక్టోబరు 1, 1953 ఆంధ్రరాష్ట్రం తెలంగాణాతో కలిసి ఉమ్మడి ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ గా అవతరించింది - నవంబరు 1, 1956 జూన్ 2 2014 న ఉమ్మడి ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ విభజన నవ్యాంధ్ర , తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్రాలు ఏర్పాటు
సి.ఎన్.అన్నాదురై
However, the reorganisation of states in India on linguistic basis removed Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam speaking regions from the Madras Presidency leaving behind a predominantly Tamil Madras State. Giving in to realities, Annadurai and his DMK changed the call of independent "Dravida Nadu for Dravidians" to independent "Tamil Nadu for Tamils". Annadurai felt that remaining in the Indian Union meant accepting linguistic domination and economic backwardness. Nevertheless, the Sino-Indian war brought about changes in the Indian constitution. The Sixteenth Amendment (most popularly known as the "Anti-Secessionist Amendment") banned any party with sectarian principles from participating in elections. When this amendment was presented in the Parliament of India, Annadurai was one of its members. He vehemently debated against the amendment, but eventually could not stop it from being passed. Faced with the new constitutional changes, Annadurai and his DMK left the call for an independent Tamil homeland on the back burner.
From then on Annadurai and his DMK aimed at achieving better co-operation between the southern states and claimed more autonomy for Tamil Nadu.
On the party's position, Annadurai said 