Question

Describe the border dispute between Karnataka and other states.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Talk about the border issues of Karnataka with Maharsthra and Kerala after the reorganisation in 1956.

Solution:

• The reorganisation of states in 1956 was based on language.
• Many Kannada-speaking majority areas in the borderlands were integrated into other states. For example, Kasaragod of Kerala, Alur, Adoni, Madakashira and Rayadurga taluks of Andhra Pradesh; Hosur and Talavadi of Tamil Nadu; Chandagadh, Solapur, Jatha and Akkalakote of Maharashtra had a Kannada-speaking majority, but they had to remain out of Karnataka.
• The Central Government has tried to resolve these issues by forming an independent commission in 1965 under the chairmanship of Mehr Chand Mahajan, the third Chief Justice of India.
• He conducted detailed surveys of disputed areas belonging to all three states. According to his report, Akkalakote, Jatta, and Kasaragod should go to Karnataka, Nippani, Khanapura, and Halyala to Maharashtra.
• Maharashtra opposed the recommendations of this report, and as a result, the border dispute remains unresolved.