Exactly, 53 years ago , The first state carved out on the basis of linguistic population was Andhra pradesh. Before which it was a part of Madras Presidency. Struggle to crteate Andhra pradesh was led by a freedom fighter Potti Sriramulu.
At that time, chennai(Madras) city remained a contentious issue between Andhra and Tamil Nadu. But, tamils were not interested in giving away chennai city but, reluctantly gave away Tirupati to Andhra. During negotiations Andhra even demanded tiruttani as part of the state. The word "thiru" is found in tamil language alone. "thiru" equivalent is "shri".If one look at the tamil history it was clearly mentioned that tamil speaking region extended from "vengadam mudal kumari varai" which means from tirupati to kanyakumari is demarcated as tamil region.
Kurnool became the state capital of Andhra state.
