Andhra Mahasabha (

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: ఆంధ్ర మహాసభ,

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: ''Āndhra mahāsabha'') was a people's organisation in the erstwhile

Hyderabad state Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

of India. The organization spearheaded people's awareness and people's movements among the

-speaking populace of the state and eventually joined hands with the

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to launch the Telangana rebellion.

History

An organization was originally started under the name ''Andhra Janasangham'' () in November 1921. It started with a mere 12 members after a failed attempt to pass a resolution in

at Nizam's Social Reforms Conference in Hyderabad. Membership quickly increased to about a hundred and its first conference was held in February 1922 under the chairmanship of Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy with Madapati Hanumantha Rao as its secretary. It was in 1928 when Madapati Hanumantha Rao took the lead to form Andhra Maha Sabha. First conference was held in 1930 at Jogipet under the chairmanship of

Suravaram Pratapareddy Suravaram Pratapa Reddy (1896—1953) was a social historian from the Hyderabad State (now Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontine ...

History

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