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Telangana
29th State of India
Telangna on 2nd June 2014
Telanagana, became 29th state of India on this day. its separated with Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad remain capital of Telanaga.It was earlier a part of Princely state of Hyderabad, ruled by the Nizams during the British Raj till 1947, and in 1948 it joined the Union of India.
The linga on three mountains, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama, marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa. 'Thelinga', 'Telunga', 'Telugu' the Telangana has taken its name after this tri linga.
It has history from the Satavahana dynasty (230 BCE to 220 CE) which lands between the Godavari and Krishna rivers. After the decline of the Satavahanas, various dynasties, came in existance such as the Vakataka, Chalukya, Vishnukundina, Rashtrakuta and Western Chalukya.
Golden Age of the Kakatiya dynasty had ruled most parts of Pradesh what is now Andhra Pradesh from 1083 to 1323 CE.
Finally after Independence of India, The Government of India on 17 September 1948 annexed Hyderabad State in Operation POLO, into sovergein of India.
In December 1953, the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was assigned to form states on linguistic bases. In an agreement between Telangana leaders and Andhra leaders on 20 February 1956 to merge Telangana and Andhra to make a pradesh. In 1956 after reorganisation the region of Telangana was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh. So central government established a unified Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956
On 30 July 2013, the Congress Working Committee passed a resolution to recommend the formation of a separate Telangana state. In February 2014, By the parliament of India for the formation of Telangana state bill of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 was passed comprising ten districts from north-western Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad will remain as the joint capital of both the states for a period of 10 years. The bill received the assent of the President Pranab Mukherji and published in the gazette on 1 March 2014. The state of Telangana is officially formed today or the 2 June 2014.
With an area roughly 1.6 lakh square kilometres and over five crore population, Andhra Pradesh would be larger state than Telangana. It gets to keep the port city of Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, the richest temple town in India.
