<P> B.R. Ambedkar submitted a Memorandum (dated 14 October 1948) to the Dar Commission, supporting the formation of linguistic provinces, specifically the formation of the Marathi - majority Maharashtra state with Bombay as its capital . To address the concern of national unity, he suggested that the official language of every province should be same as the official language of the Central Government . KM Munshi, a Gujarati leader opposed to incorporation of Bombay in the proposed Maharashtra state, opposed the linguistic reorganisation proposal, saying that "the political ambition of a linguistic group can only be satisfied by the exclusion and discrimination of other linguistic groups within the area . No safeguards and no fundamental rights can save them from the subtle psychological exclusion which linguism implies ." </P> <P> By the 1952, the demand for creation of a Telugu - majority state in the parts of the Madras State had become powerful . Potti Sreeramulu, one of the activists demanding the formation of a Telugu - majority state, died on 16 December 1952 after undertaking a fast - unto - death . Subsequently, the Telugu - majority Andhra State was formed in 1953 . This sparked off agitations all over the country, with linguistic groups demanding separate statehoods . </P> <P> To reorganise the states, the Government of India constituted the State Reorganisation Commission (SRC) under the chairmanship of Fazl Ali, a former Supreme Court judge . </P> <P> The Commission submitted its report on 30 September 1955, with the following recommendations: </P>

Who was the chairman of the state re - organising committee