 Finally, in 1823, the claims of the Nizam over the Northern Circars were bought outright by the Company, and they became a British possession.The Northern Circars were governed as part of Madras Presidency until India's independence in 1947, after which the presidency became India's Madras State.The northern, Telugu-speaking portion of Madras state, including the Northern Circars, was detached in 1953 to form a new 'Andhra State'.