From Tanguturi Prakasam garu's biography - "నా జీవన యాత్ర" (from the third part which was added to the biography. This part was written by "Tenneti Vishwanatham".
Note the consternation that happened between leaders of that time about the capital city.
Note the consternation that happened between leaders of that time about the capital city.
Even when Andhra State was formed, the natural choice of capital was Visakhapatnam (well, obvious if you think about it). But "socialists and communists" in Vijayawada wanted a temporary capital in Vijayawada. 
As we can see in this note from the man's own auto biography, Rayalaseema is the one area that has been treated very badly. Leaders of that region were literally begging - Andhra Univ will be in KG, at least give us temp capital.
We can see in this episode how careful leaders like Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu garu were in these matters. Lack of this kind of leadership shows in today's AP. The adverse effects of ad-hoc and arbitrary decisions can be seen.
It should be obvious why AP people are not responding to continuous protests against 3 capitals plan. The birth of Andhra State seems to have happened in an inauspicious time - constantly divided due to pettiness of its leaders, despite great men like Prakasam garu intervening.
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