After solving the problem of partition and integration of Princely States, India had to face additional challenges. It was not only a matter of administrative divisions. Now the challenge was to draw the internal boundaries of the Indian states. The boundaries had to be drawn in a way so that the linguistic and cultural plurality of the country could be reflected without affecting the unity of the nation. In 1920, during the Nagpur session, Congress had promised the linguistic principle as the basis of formation of states. But after the Independence and partition, our leaders felt that carving out states on the basis of language might lead to disruption and disintegration. Therefore, it was decided to postpone matters. But this decision was challenged by the local leaders and the people. Widespread protest began for the creation of Andra Pradesh during which Potti Sriramulu, a Congress leader and a veteran Gandhian, went on an indefinite fast that led to his death after 56 days. This caused great unrest and resulted in violent outbursts. Finally, a separate State of Andra Pradesh was formed in December 1952. The formation of Andhra spurred the struggle in other parts of the country for making of other states on linguistic basis. These struggles forced the Central Government into appointing a States Reorganisation Commission in 1953 to look into the question of redrawing of the boundaries of states. The Commission in its report accepted that the boundaries of the state should reflect the boundaries of different languages. On the basis of its report, the States Reorganisation Act was passed in 1956. This led to the creation of 14 states and six union territories. In 1960, Maharashtra and Gujarat were created as separate states on the basis of Guajarati and Marathi language speaking region. In 1966, Punjabi speaking region was made the State of Punjab and later on, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were carved out of Punjab. In 1972, reorganisation of north-eastern states began. In 1972, Meghalaya was carved out of Assam and the same year Manipur, Tripura were also created. Nagaland was given statehood much earlier in 1963 but Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram were created in 1987. Language did not, however, remain the sole basis of organisation of states. In later years, subregions raised demands for separate states on the basis of a separate regional culture or complaints of regional imbalance in development. Three such states, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand, were created in 2000. The same way Telangana was created in 2014. The story of reorganisation has not come to an end. There are many regions in the country where there are movements demanding separate and smaller states. These include Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Harit Pradesh in the western region of Uttar Pradesh and the northern region of West Bengal.