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Maharashtrians in Hyderabad city was very less than Telugus. However, they used to show their superiority in all fields. Telugu language had no courtesy and forgiveness. Madapati Hanumantha Rao has described the plight of those days in his history of the Andhra Mahasabha. Some young people who noticed the insult done to the Telugu language and the Telugu speaker in that assembly, came together and founded the "Andhrajana Sangam" (Association of Andhra People) with the ambition to give a proper place to the Andhra language and culture in the city. That was the beginning of the Andhra movement in Nizam's state. Two years later, the Nizam formed an Andhrajana Kendra Sangham (Central Association of Andhra People) to unite all the Telugu organizations in the state. Meetings of this society were held every year. They discussed about the steps to be taken for the development of Andhra language and Andhra culture and the pros and cons. Any Telugu organization in the Nizam's state could send its representative to this central association. Madapati Hanumantha Rao was the secretary of this central association.The central association used to send campaigners and support the development of Telugu organizations in the state. During this period the association published two important pamphlets, "
52:. It was an association started by Telugu people of Telangana region against Nizam rule. The people of Telangana formed the Andhra Mahasabha as they could not tolerate the injustice being done to the Telugu language and Telugu culture. In the late 1920s, under the leadership of Madapati Hanumantha Rao, the Telugu people united and formed a union and organized 13 Andhra Mahasabhas from 1930 to 1945. The activities of the Andhra Mahasabha in the Telangana region created awareness among the people against the Nizam and led to the armed struggle in Telangana. Chief among the people who led the Andhra Mahasabha were: Madapati Hanumantha Rao, Ravi Narayana Reddy, Suravaram Prathapareddy, Baddam Ella Reddy, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, Dasarathi Krishnamacharya, Susarla Srirama Narasimham, Pulijala Venkatarangarao, Allampalli Venkatarama Rao, Kaloji Narayana Rao, Konda Venkata Rangareddy, Vattikota Alvaraswami, Potlapalli. Rama Rao, Arutla Ramachandra Reddy, and many more.
266:.Although there were other issues in this Mahasabha, social issues were discussed seriously. The Mahasabha passed resolutions on child marriages and widow marriages. Vaman Nayak, a Marathi leader, played a leading role in this assembly. It is enough to say an incident that happened in that meeting to show that the people did not have proper awareness till then. A Harijan leader named Bhagya Reddy came as a representative to the Mahasabha. When he was about to speak on an issue, some of the noble traders left the meeting in disagreement. Nadimpally Sundaramma became the first President for
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