Correct Answer - Option 2 : Pattabhi Sitarammayya
The correct answer is Pattabhi Sitarammayya.
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Pattabhi Sitarammayya was not a member of States Reorganisation Committee constituted in 1953.
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States Reorganisation Commission:
- The States Reorganisation Commission was formed after the Linguistic Provinces Commission (Dhar Commission) of 1948.
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Dhar Commission rejected language as a parameter for formation or division of states.
- Then the States Reorganisation Commission was appointed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on December 1953.
- The commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fazal Ali.
- Its other two members were H. N. Kunzru and K. M. Panikkar.
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A simple majority and ordinary legislative procedures are enough for Parliament to form new states or to change existing State boundaries.
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3 committees related to state reorganisation:
- S.K Dhar Commission, 1948.
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Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya Committee (JVP Committee).
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States Reorganisation Commission,1953 or Fazal Ali Commission.
