He went on a lengthy fast and only stopped when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made a promise to form Andhra State.

Later, after witnessing no real progress towards the creation of Andhra State, he started fasting again in Maharshi Bulusu Sambamurti's house in Madras, on 19 October 1952.

The government did not make a clear statement about the formation of a new state, despite several strikes and demonstrations by Telugu people.

The news spread quickly and created an uproar among the people in far off places like Chirala, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Bhimavaram, Ballary, Guntur, Tenali, Ongole and Nellore.

The popular agitation continued for three to four days disrupting normal life in the Madras and Andhra regions.

The central government appointed K. N. Wanchoo, Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court,[3] to look into issues related to formation of Andhra State.

However, on 2 June 2014, Telangana State was separated back out of Andhra Pradesh and the Vishalandhra experiment came to an end.

While the Fazal Ali commission emphasizes the necessity and benefits Visalandhra[clarification needed], the report suggests that the process of merging may only be done after 5 years.

The intervening period may incidentally provide an opportunity for allaying apprehensions and achieving the consensus of opinion necessary for a real union between the two states.

The Hyderabad chief minister, in his letter to the INC president, said Communist parties supported the merger for their political calculations.

[16][17] To convince the leadership of Telangana to join the new state, an agreement was reached between the leaders of both sides.