The government has to figure out whether and how to divide the state's three regions - Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra and Telangana.In its report, the Srikrishna Committee, set up in February 2010 to study what "all sections of society" want for Andhra

The government has to figure out whether and how to divide the state's three regions - Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra and Telangana.In its report, the Srikrishna Committee, set up in February 2010 to study what "all sections of society" want for Andhra Pradesh, says the most "workable option" is a united Andhra Pradesh with constitutionally-allocated regional rights to help the socio-economic development of the Telangana region.


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Telengana is BETRAYED once again! Ruling Zionist hegemony plays PINGPONG with the part and parcel of Dravidnadu! We have seen the predestined transformation of divided North East, Uttarakhand, Chhattishgarh and Jharkhand. It has not helped the aboriginal Indigenous Majority Masses anyway to break the Ageold bondage of Manusmriti Rule. Rather the New States have become the Strongholds of RSS Fascist Hindu Rashtra Excluding Northeast which is under Military Rule in accordance of Disturbed Area Act and AFPSA since 1958. Partition of Punjab and Maharashtra creating Haryana and Gujarat have NOT helped the Mulnivasi Masses at all rather it proved to be Partition within Partition as they Divided entire Indus valley civilisation creating Unprecedented Holocaust of Partition and Population to ensure Brahamin Bania Corporate India Inc MNC LPG Mafia Extra Constitutional Manusmriti raj of Inequality, Injustice and Exclusion!

We should be AWRE of the fact how the creation of Haryana was used for resurrection of Brahaminical Hindutva even before Babri Mosque demolition resultant in SIKH Genocide , Operation Blue Star and Hinduisation of Sikhism as well as Akali Movement! We should also be aware of the fact how the Zionist Hegemony Promotes Insurgency all over the Northeast and shaffron terror in the rest of the country! Most recent example is the Taming of a section of ULFA led by Arvind Rajkhowa aimed at Demographic Readjustment for Electoral gain of congress. The Ruling Hegemony always used riots,bloodshed suicidal and insurgency to strengthen its base as Entire Aboriginal Indigenous Mulnivasi Humanscape in tyhe central India including TELENGANA itself is inflicted with CORPORATE Maoism! Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Tribal parts of other states have been GIFTED away to MNCs, India Incs and LPG Mafia as the Islands from Goa to Laxa Dweep have been sold out with its population. SEZ, PCPIR and Nuclear Plants have changed the Aboriginal demography leading in Exodus and Holocaust continuous! We must be AWARE of the Power Politics of Market dominationg Purchasing Power Communities!

But the fact remains that the People of Telengana wants a Separate State and the powerful section indulged in Exploitation of the Rich Natural Resources in Telengana OPPOSE it. This is the Corporate India Incs MNC Lobby which wins the Politics as they Rule India!

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The government has to figure out whether and how to divide the state's three regions - Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra and Telangana.In its report, the Srikrishna Committee, set up in February 2010 to study what "all sections of society" want for Andhra Pradesh, says the most "workable option" is a united Andhra Pradesh with constitutionally-allocated regional rights to help the socio-economic development of the Telangana region.


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Terming the Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana issue as a "time-pass exercise", the Andhra Pradesh unit of BJP today said its stand that the committee was useless has been vindicated.

"It was a useless report and entire work of the committee was a time-pass exercise", BJP state President G Kishan Reddy told reporters here. There was no need for the party to study the report as BJP never recognised Srikrishna committee right from the beginning, he said.

The BJP, which is in favour of separate statehood for Telangana region, will lead a peaceful people's agitation until it achieves the separate Telangana state, Reddy said.

The party would chalk out a future action plan for the people's agitation on the issue at a meeting on January 11, he said. Separate statehood for Telangana region could not be achieved through committees, the BJP state chief said and emphasised that there was need for a political decision.
Srikrishna Committee report: Six options on the Telangana tangle
The following are the six options given by the Justice Srikrishna Committee on the vexed issue of separate statehood for Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh:

- The committee has recommended letting Andhra Pradesh be united and have special constitutional measures for development of the Telangana region.

- The second option is bifurcation of the state into Seemandhra and Telangana states.

- The third option is having Telangana and Andhra as separate states with Hyderabad as the Telangana capital.

- The fourth option is Hyderabad to be given a union territory status. The two regions will develop their own capitals in due course.

- The fifth option is to divide the state into Rayala-Telangana and coastal Andhra regions, with Hyderabad as an integral part of Rayala-Telangana.

- The last option the committee has offered is creation of statutory empowered Telangana regional council.

The report was released on the home ministry website Thursday.

Creation of a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital and keeping Andhra Pradesh united with constitutional and statutory measures for empowerment of the Telangana region are among the six options recommended by the Justice Srikrishna Committee.

The report of the five-member committee headed by former Supreme Court judge that gave its recommendations after about 11 months of consultation process in the state was released by the Home Ministry today, a week after it received it.

The two-volume 461-page report has also suggested maintaining status quo with a rider that it is the least favoured option.

In the fourth option, for which political parties spearheaded by TRS have been campaigning, the Committee suggests bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two units -- Telangana and Seemandhra -- as per existing boundaries. Telangana will have Hyderabad as capital, while Seemandhra, comprising Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions, will have a new capital.

In the option for keeping the state united, the Committee has suggested that there should be simultaneous provision of certain constitutional and statutory measures for socio-economic development and political empowerment of Telangana region by creation of a statutorily-empowered Telangana Regional Council.

Another option is to bifurcate the state into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the two states developing their own capitals in due course.

Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Rayala-Telangana and coastal Andhra regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of Rayala-Telangana is another option suggested by the committee.

Yet another idea is to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a separate Union Territory.

"This Union Territory will have geographical linkage and contiguity via Nalgonda district in the south-east to Guntur district in coastal Andhra and via Mahaboobnagar district in the south to Kurnool district in Rayalaseema.

Following are the options and explanation given by the committee:

1. Maintaining Status Quo: The committee said it is of the unanimous view that it would not be a practical approach to simply maintain the status quo in respect of the situation.

"Some intervention is definitely required and though maintaining the existing status quo is an option it is favoured the least," the panel says.

2. Bifurcation of the state into Seemandhra and Telangana; with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the two states developing their own capitals in due course:

"There is a definite likelihood of serious backlashes in Telangana region and on overall consideration, the Committee found this option was also not practicable."

3. Bifurcation of the state into Rayala-Telangana and Coastal Andhra Regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of Rayala-Telangana:

"This scenario is not likely to be accepted either by the pro-Telangana or by the pro-United Andhra protagonists. While this option may have economic justification, the committee believes that this option may not offer a resolution which would be acceptable to people of all three regions," it says.

4. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a separate Union Territory. This Union Territory will have geographical linkage and contiguity via Nalgonda district in the south-east to Guntur district in coastal Andhra and via Mahaboobnagar district in the south to Kurnool district in Rayalaseema:

"This is likely to receive stiff opposition from Telangana protagonists and it may be difficult to reach a political consensus in making this solution acceptable to all," it says.
3 JAN, 2011, 04.34AM IST, KRISHNAMURTHY SUBRAMANIAN,

Telangana state: Is there an economic rationale?

As the Union government mulls over the recommendations made by the Srikrishna Commission set up to decide whether a separate Telangana state must be created, we ask the question: Is there a compelling economic rationale to create a separate state? Objectively viewed, the answer is, no!

Using district-level statistics for the Telangana and non-Telangana districts, we find that the GDP per capita in the Telangana region is considerably higher. Furthermore, over the time period 2001-08 , GDP per capita has been rising at a faster rate in the Telangana region than in the non-Telangana one. These conclusions are true even if Hyderabad is excluded from Telangana. The percentage of population living below poverty line is identical in Telangana and non-Telangana regions.

Telangana leads non-Telangana areas with respect to various indicators of health. More students in Telangana move from primary school to higher grades than in non-Telangana regions. Telangana has better infrastructure in the form of roads, electricity and telephone connections.

A lower proportion of its land is affected by droughts and floods and the land area designated to be wasteland is lower in the region. However, Telangana lags behind non-Telangana regions with respect to primary education. Also, financial access as measured by the number of scheduled commercial banks is lower in Telangana than in the non-Telangana region. Finally, the number of people subsisting on agriculture is lower in Telangana; concomitantly, the net irrigated area is lower in Telangana than in the non-Telangana region.

Recall that following Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's 11-day hunger strike in 2009, the UPA government was 'forced' to consider the demand for a Telangana state, which would be carved out from 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda, Mehboobnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Hyderabad and Rangareddy . The Union home ministry then constituted the Srikrishna panel.



The rationale that pro-Telangana activists have provided for the separate Telangana state is a simple one: Telangana's economic development has been neglected in favour of the richer and more powerful Andhra region; therefore, a new state is the only solution. Several pieces of statistics are being brandied about by Telangana activists showing how the region has ended up getting a raw deal because of Andhra-centric leaders at helm. Since most arguments for Telangana's statehood are economic (not lingual or ethnic), let us examine the economic rationale for a separate state in an objective manner.

As an academic who is not a native of Andhra Pradesh, I have no axe to grind in this entire issue. Therefore, I intend to show the raw numbers for what they are and then judge whether the economic rationale for a separate state is sound or not. I use data pertaining to the socioeconomic conditions in the Indian districts, derived from a new dataset called Indian Development Landscape . The dataset, put together by Indicus Analytics, captures information pertaining to agriculture, demography, economic status, education, empowerment , health and infrastructure for all our districts. These indicators, measured in 2001 and 2008, are derived from data provided by the Census of India, Reproductive and Child Health Survey, RBI, National Crime Records Bureau , Population Foundation of India as well as the ministry of rural development . The accompanying table provides the raw values for several economic indicators in Telangana (TG) and non-Telangana (Non-TG ) districts in 2008. It also shows the annual growth in these economic indicators over the 2001-08 period. We alsohave giventhe economic indicators for Telangana districts after excluding Hyderabad (TG w/o Hyd). This is because one common trick that pro- and anti-Telangana activists use is to exclude Hyderabad when it serves the purpose and include it when it does not serve their purpose.

Since the raw measures for 2008 as well as the annual growth rates are provided, one can draw one's own conclusions. In my assessment, the indicators cited do not show any glaring differences for Telangana and rest of Andhra Pradesh. In fact, Telangana leads the non-Telangana regions with respect to several measures: GDP per capita, infrastructure, health and environment. In some other measures such as primary education , empowerment of women, Telangana does lag behind non-Telangana , which would be expected in a state as large in size as Andhra Pradesh . Hence, I would conclude that the economic rationale being provided for a separate Telangana state is largely politically motivated — economic indicators do not support such a move.

(The author teaches finance at Indian School of Business)
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Chidambaram wants political parties to read Telangana report with 'open mind'

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday urged representatives of political parties in Andhra Pradesh to read the Telangana report and the recommendations with an open mind.

During the meeting with eight recognized political parties in Andhra Pradesh, Chidambaram said: "I would urged you to read the report and the recommendations with an open mind and be prepared to persuade, and to be persuaded by, people who hold another point of view."

Handing over copies of the report to leaders of political parties, Chidambaram said: "It is Government's sincere hope that the report will generate an informed and mature debate."

Recalling the discussions on January 5 last year, which he said had showed the way forward -- that findings, study, analysis, options and recommendations, Chidambaram said its is the government's hope that the discussions today will also show the way forward.

"I am sure that besides political parties, people of Andhra Pradesh -- both individuals and groups -- would also make valuable suggestions that will show the way forward," he added.

"You will note that I have repeatedly used the phrase 'way forward' today in order to reiterate government's intentions to find just, honourable and praticable solutions that has the widest measure of support among all stakeholders," he said.

Referring to the joint appeal made by the January 5 meeting to people of Andhra Pradesh to maintain peace and calm, Chidambaram said: "It had a salutary effect."

"It is necessary that peace, harmony and law and order should be maintained in the state. I would request you to join me at the end of this meeting to make an appeal similar to the appeal we made last year," he added.

Regretting the boycott of the meeting by TRS, TDP and BJP, Chidambaram said: "I deeply regret the stand taken by them. It does scant justice to the valuable work done by Justice Srikrishna Committee. Nevertheless, I propose to send a copy of the report to parties who have chosen to stay away."

Chidambaram further said it was natural that the parties would require some time to read the report and hold consultations within their organisations.

"Hence, if all of you agree, I suggest that we meet again on a convenient date later this month," he said, adding that I shall now request each political party present to give its views on how we should proceed further in the matter.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, Congress leaders K S Rao, Uttam Kumar Reddy, CPI (M) state secretary D V Raghavalu and party leader J Ranga, PRP leader C Ramachandraiah, Akrabdduin Owaisi and Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri of MIM, K Narayana and G Malesh of CPI attended the meeting.

The report favours a united Andhra but also recommends several options to divide the state into Rayala-Telangana and Seemandhra or coastal Andhra.

The committee recommends Hyderabad, the main issue of contention, for Union Territory status. One of the options suggests that Hyderabad can be made the capital of Rayala-Telangana section of Andhra while the other Seemandhra can develop its own capital in due course of time.

Yet another option states that Hyderabad can be shared by both the states while they develop their individual capitals in due course.

The Telangana region consists 10 northern districts of Andhra Pradesh including Warangal, Adilabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak and Hyderabad.

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For those who have been fighting tooth and nail for a new state of Telangana, today changed nothing. In Delhi, the Home Minister presented a report that outlines different options suggested by the Srikrishna Committee on the way forward for Andhra. In Hyderabad, pro-Telangana parties reiterated that they will not settle for anything less than their own state, with Hyderabad as the capital.

At a rally attended by thousands in Hyderabad, K Chandrasekhar Rao, the man whose hunger fast in 2009 revitalized the campaign for a Telangana state, said, "I honestly appeal to  the Prime Minister of India: don't dither or dilly-dally on the issue. Please come forward, keep your promise."  The crowd roared.  

KCR, as he's known, wants the government to introduce a bill for the formation of a separate Telangana in the budget session of Parliament.

In parts like Karimnagar, that's not really a proposition that inspires confidence. `` The Telangana people won't trust this. They did nothing for us in the last 60 years. Even if you sanction crores of budget to this region, nothing will happen while we are ruled by Andhra leaders,'' says Rajalingam Naik.  

Telangana leaders say the one feature they like in the Srikrishna Committee's report is Option 5 which considers the formation of a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital.

There is talk among political parties and other groups about using Option 5 to up the ante. A non-cooperation movement by government employees in the Telangana region is being discussed. Parties also say they will exert pressure on Congress MPs and MLAs from Telangana to quit- a way of pressuring the Congress at the centre.

Srikrishna panel favours united Andhra option

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TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao reads a copy of the Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee report in Hyderabad on Thursday. BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya looks on. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

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While terming the demand for a separate state of Telangana as only the "second best option'', Justice Srikrishna Committee report on the situation in Andhra Pradesh has favoured the united Andhra option for continuing the development momentum of the three regions of the State. The panel found the united Andhra to be the "most workable'' option in the given circumstances and in the best interest of the social and economic welfare of the people.

"In this option it is proposed to keep the State united and provide Constitutional / Statutory measures to address the core socio-economic concerns about the development of the Telangana region,'' the report that was made public on Thursday, a week after it was submitted to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, said.

Panel offers six options

The report, running into 461 pages, lists six options — (i) Maintaining status quo, (ii) Bifurcation of the State into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the two States developing their own capitals in due course, (iii) Bifurcation of State into Rayala-Telangana and coastal Andhra regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of Rayala-Telangana, (iv) Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a separate Union Territory, (v) Bifurcation of the State into Telangana and Seemandhra as per existing boundaries with Hyderabad as the capital of Telangana and Seemandhra to have a new capital (vi) Keeping the State united by simultaneously providing certain definite Constitutional/Statutory measures for socio-economic development and political empowerment of Telangana region and creation of a statutorily empowered Telangana Regional Council.

It found the fifth option to be the "second best option'' with a rider that separation "is recommended only in case it is unavoidable and if this decision can be reached amicable amongst all the three regions.'' While considering the option of bifurcation of the State into Telangana and Seemandhra as per existing boundaries, the Committee felt that the continuing demand for a separate Telangana has some merit and "is not entirely unjustified.'' In case this option is exercised, the apprehensions of the coastal Andhra and the Rayalaseema people and others who are settled in Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana with regard to their investments, properties, livelihood and employment would need to be absolutely addressed.

"Considering all aspects, the Committee felt that while creation of separate Telangana would satisfy a large majority of people from the region, it will also throw up several other serious problems. Therefore, after taking into account of the pros and cons the Committee did not think it to be most preferred, but the second best option,'' the report said.

Maintaining status quo as the least favoured option, it also found the second and third options to be "not practicable.'' The Committee felt that the fourth option of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad metropolis as a separate Union Territory was likely to receive stiff opposition from Telangana protagonists and it may be difficult to reach a political consensus in making this solution acceptable to all.

Balance tilting in favour of united A.P

Narrowing down on the sixth option of keeping the State united, the panel said that it could be done through the establishment of a statutory and empowered Telangana Regional Council with adequate transfer of funds, functions and functionaries. "The Regional Council would provide a legislative consultative mechanism for the subjects to be dealt with by the Council,'' it said.

The Committee felt that with firm political and administrative management, it should be possible to convey conviction to the people about keeping the State united as this option would be in the best interest of all and would provide satisfaction to the maximum number of people in the State. "It would also take care of the uncertainty over the future of Hyderabad as a bustling educational, industrial and IT hub/destination,'' it observed.

Dwelling further on the sixth option, it said that for management of water and irrigation resources on an equitable basis, a technical body – Water Management Board – and an Irrigation Project Development Corporation in expanded role have been recommended. This course of action should meet all the issues raised by Telangana people satisfactorily, it said.

Flagging socio-economic development and good governance as being the core issue, the Committee, keeping the national perspective in mind, was of the considered view that "this option stands out as the best way forward.''

The five-member Committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice B. N. Srikrishna, was appointed on February 3 last year. It examined in detail the issues pertaining to current demand for a separate State of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status quo of keeping the State united.

The panel examined all aspects of the situation as well as keeping in view the local, regional and the national perspectives, it gave six possible options. Parameters such as regional, economic and equity analysis, education and health, water resources, irrigation and power development, public employment issues were examined by the Committee.

It also looked into issues relating to Hyderabad metropolis and sociological and cultural issues. In the past 11 months, it consulted organisations of civil society such as industry, trade, trade unions, farmers', women's and students' organisations and consulted all sections of the people, especially the political parties.

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States Reorganisation Act

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The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries and governance ofIndia's states and territories. The act reorganised the boundaries of India's states along linguistic lines, and amended the Indian Constitution to replace the three types of states, known as Parts A, B, and C states, with a single type of state.

Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the single most extensive change in state boundaries since the independence of India in 1947.

Contents [hide] 1 Political integration after independence and the Constitution of 1950 1.1 Three types of states 2 The movement for linguistic states 3 The States Reorganisation Commission 4 The States Reorganisation Act 4.1 Changes to states and union territories 5 See also 6 External links

[edit]Political integration after independence and the Constitution of 1950

Main article: Political integration of India

South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act.

British India, which included present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, was divided into two types of territories: provinces, which were governed directly by British officials, responsible to theGovernor-General of India; and princely states, under the rule of local hereditary rulers who recognised British sovereignty in return for local autonomy, as established by treaty. As a result of the reforms of the early 20th century, most of the provinces had elected legislatures and governors, although some of the smaller provinces were governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the Governor-General. The 20th century reforms of British India also established the principle offederalism, also known in British India as "dyarchy", which was carried forward into the governance of independent India.

On 15 August 1947, British India was granted independence as the separate dominions of Indiaand Pakistan. The British dissolved their treaty relations with the over 600 princely states, who were encouraged to accede to either India or Pakistan. Most of the states acceded to India, and a few to Pakistan. Bhutan and Hyderabad opted for independence, although the armed intervention of India brought Hyderabad into the Indian Union.

During the 1947-1950 period, the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian Union. Most were merged into the existing provinces; others were organised into new provinces, like Rajputana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, and Vindhya Pradesh made up of multiple princely states; a few, including Mysore, Hyderabad, Bhopal, and Bilaspur, became separate provinces. The Government of India Act 1935 remained the constitutional law of India pending adoption of a new Constitution.

The Constitution of India, which went into effect on 26 January 1950, made India a sovereign, democratic republic, and a union of states (replacing provinces) and territories. The states would have extensive autonomy and complete democracy in the Union, while the Union territorieswould be administered by the Government of India. The constitution of 1950 distinguished between three types of states.

[edit]Three types of states

Part A states, which were the former governors' provinces of British India, were ruled by an elected governor and state legislature. The nine Part A states were Assam, West Bengal,Bihar, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh (formerly Central Provinces and Berar), Madras, Orissa,Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh (formerly United Provinces).

The eight Part B states were former princely states or groups of princely states, governed by a rajpramukh, who was often a former prince, and an elected legislature. The rajpramukh was appointed by the President of India. The Part B states were Hyderabad, Saurashtra, Mysore,Travancore-Cochin, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), and Rajasthan.

The ten Part C states included both the former chief commissioners' provinces and princely states, and were governed by a chief commissioner. The chief commissioner was appointed by the President of India. The Part C states included Delhi, Kutch, Himachal Pradesh,Bilaspur, Coorg, Bhopal, Manipur, Ajmer-Merwara, and Tripura.

Jammu and Kashmir had special status until 1957. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands was established as a union territory, ruled by a lieutenant governor appointed by the central government.

[edit]The movement for linguistic states

Political movements for the creation of new, linguistic-based states developed around India in the years after independence. The movement to create a Telugu-speaking state out of the northern portion of Madras State gathered strength in the years after independence, and in 1953, the 16 northern, Telugu-speaking districts of Madras State became the new State of Andhra.

Other small changes were made to state boundaries during the 1950-1956 period. The small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954, and Chandernagore, a former enclave of French India, was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955.

[edit]The States Reorganisation Commission

Main article: States Reorganisation Commission

In December 1953, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission to prepare for the creation of states on linguistic lines. This was headed by Justice Fazal Ali and the commission itself was also known as the Fazal Ali Commission. The efforts of this commission were overseen by Govind Ballabh Pant, who served as Home Minister from December 1954. The commission created a report in 1955 recommending the reorganisation of India's states.

[edit]The States Reorganisation Act

The States Reorganisation Act of 1956, which went into effect on 1 November, eliminated the distinction between part A, B, and C states. It also reorganised the state boundaries and created or dissolved states and union territories.

[edit]Changes to states and union territories

On 1 November 1956, India was divided into the following states and union territories:

States

1. Andhra Pradesh: Andhra was renamed Andhra Pradesh, and enlarged by the addition of the Telangana region of erstwhile Hyderabad State.
2. Assam: No change of boundary in 1956.
3. Bihar: No change of boundary in 1956.
4. Bombay State: the state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra and Kutch, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State. (In 1960, the state was split into the modern states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.)
5. Jammu and Kashmir: No change of boundary in 1956.
6. Kerala: formed by the merger of Travancore-Cochin state with the Malabar District of Madras State and adding southern part ofTravancore (Kanyakumari) to Madras state.
7. Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State.
8. Madras State: the state was reduced to its present boundaries by the transfer of Malabar District to the new state of Kerala. The southern part of Travancore (Kanyakumari district) was added to the state. (The state was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969.)
9. Mysore State: enlarged by the addition of Coorg state and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and westernHyderabad state. (The state was renamed Karnataka in 1973.)
10. Orissa: No change of boundary in 1956.
11. Punjab: the Patiala and East Punjab States Union was merged into Punjab.
12. Rajasthan: Rajputana was renamed Rajasthan, and enlarged by the addition of Ajmer-Merwara state.
13. Uttar Pradesh: No change of boundary in 1956.
14. West Bengal: No change of boundary in 1956.

Union territories

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Lakshadweep
3. Pondicherry
4. Chandigarh

[edit]See also

• Swatantra Tripura Committee
• Unification of Karnataka
• Mangalorean regionalism

[edit]External links

• Text of the Act

Categories: Independent India | Indian law | Constitutional history of India | Reorganisation of Indian states | 1956 in India | Nehru administration

States and territories of India

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India is a federal union of states[1] comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are furthersubdivided into districts and so on.[1]

Contents [hide] 1 List of states and territories 2 Responsibilities and authorities of the states compared to the national government 3 History 3.1 Pre-1956 3.2 After 1956 3.3 Late 2009 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit]List of states and territories

The 28 states and 7 union territories of India

#	Name	Population	Language	Capital	Largest city (if not capital)
1	Andhra Pradesh	76,210,007	Telugu	Hyderabad
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1,091,120		Itanagar
3	Assam	26,655,528	Assamese	Dispur	Guwahati
4	Bihar	82,998,509	Bihari, Maithili	Patna
5	Chhattisgarh	20,795,956	Chattisgarhi	Raipur
6	Goa	1,400,000	Konkani	Panaji	Vasco da Gama
7	Gujarat	50,671,017	Gujarati	Gandhinagar	Ahmedabad
8	Haryana	21,082,989	Haryanvi	Chandigarh (shared)	Faridabad
9	Himachal Pradesh	6,077,900		Shimla
10	Jammu and Kashmir	10,143,700	Kashmiri	Srinagar (summer) Jammu (winter)
11	Jharkhand	26,909,428		Ranchi	Jamshedpur
12	Karnataka	52,850,562	Kannada	Bengaluru
13	Kerala	31,841,374	Malayalam	Thiruvananthapuram
14	Madhya Pradesh	60,385,118	Hindi	Bhopal	Indore
15	Maharashtra	96,752,247	Marathi	Mumbai
16	Manipur	2,388,634	Manipuri	Imphal
17	Meghalaya	2,306,069		Shillong
18	Mizoram	888,573	Mizo	Aizawl
19	Nagaland	1,988,636	Naga	Kohima	Dimapur
20	Orissa	36,706,920	Oriya	Bhubaneswar
21	Punjab	24,289,296	Punjabi	Chandigarh (shared)	Ludhiana
22	Rajasthan	56,473,122	Rajasthani	Jaipur
23	Sikkim	540,493		Gangtok
24	Tamil Nadu	66,396,000	Tamil	Chennai
25	Tripura	3,199,203	Bengali	Agartala
26	Uttar Pradesh	190,891,000	Hindi, Urdu[2]	Lucknow	Kanpur
27	Uttarakhand	8,479,562		Dehradun (interim)
28	West Bengal	80,221,171	Bengali	Kolkata

#	Name	Population	Language	Capital	Largest city
A	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	356,152		Port Blair
B	Chandigarh	900,635	Punjabi	Chandigarh
C	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	220,451	Gujarati	Silvassa
D	Daman and Diu	158,059	Gujarati	Daman
E	Lakshadweep	60,595	Malayalam	Kavaratti	Andrott
F	National Capital Territory	13,782,976	Hindi	New Delhi
G	Puducherry	973,829	French and Tamil	Puducherry

[edit]Responsibilities and authorities of the states compared to the national government

The Constitution of India distributes the sovereign powers exercisable with respect to the territory of any State between the Union and that State. "Article 73 broadly stated, provides that the executive power of the Union shall extend to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws. Article 162 similarly provides that the executive power of a State shall extend to the matters with respect to which the Legislature of a State has power to make laws. The Supreme Court has reiterated this position when it ruled in Ramanaiah case that the executive power of the Union or of the State broadly speaking, is coextensive and coterminous with its respective legislative power." (italics in original)[3]

*	This section requires expansion.

[edit]History

[edit]Pre-1956

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The subcontinent of India has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each imposing their own administrative divisions on the region. Modern India's current administrative divisions are fairly recent developments, which began to develop during British rule of India. British India included almost all of present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. During this period, regions of India were either directly ruled by the British or as Princely States ruled by local rajas. Independence in 1947 largely preserved these divisions, with the provinces of Punjab Gujarat, Assam and Bengal being divided between India and Pakistan while the whole of the province of Sindh went to Pakistan. One of the first challenges for the new nation was the integration of the multitude of princely states into the union and resettlement of people of Sindh who were uprooted from their ancestral land. This liability of resettling Sindhis fell on Indian administrators who were then busy balancing power equations in the newly formed territory to be names India rather than Bharat.[citation needed]

Following independence, however, instability soon arose in India. Many of the provinces had been created by the British to serve their colonial purposes and as such did not reflect either the will of India's citizens or the ethnic divisions found throughout the subcontinent. Ethnic tensions spurred the Indian Parliament to reorganize the country along ethnic and linguistic lines in 1956 by means of the States Reorganisation Act.[citation needed]

[edit]After 1956

The former French and Portuguese colonies in India were incorporated into the Republic as the union territories of Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1962.

Several new states and union territories have been created out of existing states since 1956. Bombay State was split into the linguistic states of Gujarat and Maharashtra on 1 May 1960 [4] by the Bombay Reorganization Act. Nagaland was made a state on 1 December 1963.[5] The Punjab Reorganization Act of 1966 divided the Punjab along linguistic lines, creating a new Hindi-speaking state of Haryana on 1 November,[6] transferring the northern districts of Punjab to Himachal Pradesh, and designating Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, a union territory.[citation needed]

Statehood was conferred upon Himachal Pradesh.[7] on 25 January 1971, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura[8]on 21 January 1972 The Kingdom of Sikkim joined the Indian Union as a state on 26 April 1975.[9] In 1987, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizorambecame states on 20 February, followed by Goa on 30 May, while Goa's northern exclaves of Daman and Diu became a separate union territory.[10]

In 2000 three new states were created; Chhattisgarh (1 November 2000) was created out of eastern Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal (9 November 2000), since renamed Uttarakhand, was created out of the Hilly regions of northwest Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand (15 November 2000) was created out of the southern districts of Bihar.[citation needed] The Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry have since been given the right to elect their own legislatures and they are now counted as small states

[edit]Late 2009

Ahead of the 2009 General Elections in India, all the major parties in Andhra Pradesh supported statehood for Telangana.

On 9 December 2009, 11:30 PM, Mr. P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs, on behalf of the Government of India, announced that a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly for the creation of a separate Telangana state would be passed. Mr. Chidambaram also stated that the process for the formation of a separate Telangana state would be initiated. It was not clear if this initiation of the process meant discussion with everyone involved on how to divide the state or whether the division of the state was being officially announced.

As a result of this unilateral decision by the Government of India, several members of Andhra Pradesh's legislature submitted their resignations to protest the creation of the new state owing to the pressure from the people in their constituencies.[11] As of 11 December, at least 117 legislators and many Members of Parliament had resigned in protest of the Government's decision to carve out a new state of Telangana.[12]

Due to the unexpected turn of events, after the parties which promised support to the Telangana state formation on 7 December 2009 in a unanimous all-party meeting at the State level, presided by CM, Rosaiah, and later the party members of these parties made a U-turn on their support bowing to the pressure from the people in their constituency following the 9 December statement (in support of Telangana state process initiation) , the federal government made another statement on 23 December to clarify its intention on the process that it would consult with all groups, political and non-political, before moving forward. It then formed the Justice Sri Krishna committee which has been touring the state consulting with different sections of the society. A report recommending a solution suitable to all constituents is expected to be submitted before Dec 31,2010.[13]

[edit]See also

• Subdivisions of India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• Emblems of Indian States
• Aspirant states of India
• Autonomous regions of India
• ISO 3166-2:IN

[edit]References

1. ^ a b "States and union territories". Retrieved 2007-09-07.
2. ^ http://uplegassembly.nic.in/UPLL.HTML
3. ^ Territoriality of executive powers of states in India, Balwant Singh Malik, Constitutional Law, 1998.
4. ^ J.C. Aggarwal and S.P. Agrawal, editors, Uttarakhand: Past, Present, and Future (New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 1995), p89-90
5. ^ [1] Nagaland History & Geography-Source india.gov.in
6. ^ [2] The Punjab Reorganization Act of 1966
7. ^ [3] Statehood Himachal Pradesh
8. ^ [4] Snapshot of North Eastern States
9. ^ [5] Sikkim joins Indian Inion
10. ^ [6] Goa Chronology
11. ^ Press Trust of India (10 December 2009). "60 AP MLAs submit resignation to protest Telangana creation". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
12. ^ "Telangana: Shutdown in Andhra Pradesh, 117 legislators quit". Times of India. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
13. ^ "Srikrishna report by Dec. 31". Deccan Chronicle. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

[edit]External links

• Official Government of India website: States and Union Territories

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  Srikrishna report: Muslims in Hyderabad oppose separate Telangana state

  PTI, Jan 6, 2011, 08.48pm IST
  
  Read more: Srikrishna report: Muslims in Hyderabad oppose separate Telangana state - The Times of India NEW DELHI: Muslims in Hyderabad, who constitute 41% of the population in the metropolis, do not want a separate state of Telangana to be created, the Srikrishna Panel said noting that they would feel more secure in the larger state of united Andhra Pradesh.
  
  However, their community members in rest of the Telangana region are in favour of carving out a separate state from Andhra Pradesh as they feel they have remained backward in a united state and will have more access to educational and employment if a separate state is formed.
  
  "Expectation of an increase in reservation benefits (to 12%) in the new state is one of the major reasons for their demand for separation," the Committee said in its 461-page report.
  
  Currently, Muslims in Andhra Pradesh receive four per cent reservation benefits under the OBC (E) category.
  
  In united Andhra Pradesh, Muslims have grievances like lack of jobs, non-implementation of Urdu as the second language, lack of Urdu teachers and funds for Urdu medium schools and absence of scholarships for minorities and the loss of waqf lands, the report said.
  
  It said Muslims have told the panel that there is no communal or cultural divide between Hindus and Muslims in Telangana and they can live in harmony in a separate state.
  
  Contrary to public perception, the report noted that according to Muslims, Telangana will not be unsafe for minorities.
  
  "During field visits, however, a more nuanced viewpoint came out with people being unsure of the benefits of a separate state and articulating some apprehensions about their security in a separate Telangana," the committee said.
  
  Muslims in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions favour a united state. They believe that they should live together and share the resources of the state equitably, the report said.
  
  Talking about Muslims in Hyderabad, the report says most Muslims of the city identify with the AIMIM as their political representative. They identify primarily with the city and not necessarily with the region of Telangana.
  "Muslims (in Hyderabad) would feel more secure in the larger state," it said in its analysis.
  
  "Most of them reside in the old city and do not speak Telugu. Residents of Muslims mohallas were found to be the most disengaged from the Telangana issue.
  
  "However, the concentration of Muslims in Hyderabad and their homogeneous distribution in Rayalaseema districts can explain their preferences which are mainly articulated by political groups and in Hyderabad city by the party," the panel said.
  
  Read more: Srikrishna report: Muslims in Hyderabad oppose separate Telangana state - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Srikrishna-report-Muslims-in-Hyderabad-oppose-separate-Telangana-state/articleshow/7231274.cms#ixzz1AGw2HnAd

Telangana

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Telangana తెలంగాణ
—  region  —
Map of India with the Telangana region highlighted in red
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Largest city	Hyderabad
Population • Density	30,696,520 (2010) • 267 /km2 (692 /sq mi)[citation needed]
Official languages	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area	114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi)

Telangana (Telangana: తెలంగాణ) is a region in Andhra Pradesh , India. The region borders the states of Maharashtra on North-West, Karnataka on West, Chattisgarh andOrissa on North, and Coastal Andhra region on East and Rayalaseema region on South; both these regions were part of the former Andhra state which was merged with Telangana to form the current state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. The region has an area of 114,840 km², and population of 30,696,520 per the 2001 census. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range, and includes the northwestern interior districts of former Andhra Pradesh state. Telangana region has 10 districts: Adilabad, Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak,Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, Warangal. The Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east. Of the 34 districts in India which face acute farm distress, nine are in Telangana. The poorest of the poor in an intensely feudal state live in Telangana.^[1]

On December 9, 2009, the Government of India announced that the process for the formation of Telangana state would be considered upon introduction and passage of a separation statement by the state assembly of Andhra Pradesh,^[2][3][4] but retracted its decision after massive protests^{[citation needed]}. The Government of India has since constituted a five member committee headed by Justice B. N. Srikrishna to study the feasibility of a separate Telangana state within the Indian Union.^[5]

Contents  [hide] 1 History 1.1 Telangana Rebellion 1.2 Post-independence history of Telangana 1.2.1 Merger of Telangana and Andhra 2 Separate Telangana state movement 2.1 1969 Telangana movement 2.2 1972 Jai Andhra Movement 2.3 Six-Point Formula 2.4 Movement in 1990–2004 2.5 Grievances of Telangana proponents 2.6 2004 and later 2.7 2009 and later 2.8 Proposed Telangana state formation process 3 Geography 4 Natural resources (rivers, coal, limestones, forests) 5 Demography 6 Culture and identity 7 Places of interest 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit]History

Hyderabad is the largest city of the Telangana region

In Treta Yuga, it is believed that Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana arrived into Telengana from Dandakaranya (present day southern Chattisgarh). They initially stepped in Karimnagar districtand lived in many places like Ramagiri Khilla hills, Illantha Kunta village etc... and then they moved along Godavari River spent their life in exile at Parnashala on the banks of the Godavari river, which is about 25 km from Bhadrachalam in Khammam District in the Telangana region.

The Telangana region is believed to have been mentioned in the Mahabharata as the Telinga Kingdom which is said to have been inhabited by the tribe known as Telavana,who fought on the Pandavas side in the great war of Kurukshetra. There is also Pandavula Guhalu in Warangal district where the Pandavas spent their life in exile (Lakkha Gruham).

Telangana has been the homeland to the Sathavahanas and Kakatiyas. Kotilingala in Karimnagarwas the first capital of the Sathavahanas before Dharanikota. Excavations at Kotilingala revealed coinage of Simukha, the first Satavahana emperor.

The region experienced its golden age during the reign of the Kakatiyas, a Telugu dynasty that ruled most parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh from 1083 CE to 1323. Ganapatideva was known as the greatest of the Kakatiyas and the first after the Satavahanas to bring the entire Telugu area under one rule. He put an end to the rule of the Cholas, who accepted his suzerainty in the year 1210. He established order in his vast dominion that stretched from the Godavari delta in the east to Raichur (in modern day Karnataka) in the west and fromKarimnagar & Bastar (in modern day Chattisgarh) in the north to Srisailam & Tripurantakam, near Ongole, in the south. It was also during his reign that the Golkonda fort was first constructed by the Kakatiyas. Rani Rudramadevi and Prataparudra were prominent kings from theKakatiya dynasty.

Telangana then came under Muslim rule in 14th century by the Delhi Sultanate, followed by Bahmanis, Qutb Shahis, and the Mughals. As the Mughal Empire began to disintegrate in the early 18th century, the Muslim Asafjahi dynasty established a separate state known asHyderabad. Later, Hyderabad entered into a treaty of subsidiary alliance with the British Empire, and was the largest and most populousprincely state in India. Telangana was never under direct British rule, unlike the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, which were part of British India's Madras Presidency.

The Telangana region was the heart of numerous dynasties. Chowmahalla Palacewas home to the Nizams of Hyderabad state

[edit]Telangana Rebellion

Main article: Telangana Rebellion

The Telangana Rebellion was a peasant revolt which was later supported by the Communists. It took place in the former princely state of Hyderabad between 1946 and 1951. This was led by theCommunist Party of India.^[6]

The revolt began in the Nalgonda district and quickly spread to the Warangal and Bidar districts. Peasant farmers and labourers revolted against the local feudal landlords (jagirdars anddeshmukhs) and later against the Nizam. The initial modest aims were to do away with the illegal and excessive exploitation meted out by these feudal lords in the name of bonded labour (Vetti Chakiri). The most strident demand was for the writing off of all debts of the peasants that were manipulated by the feudal lords.^[7][8]

Few among the well-known individuals at the forefront of the movement were great leaders likeAnabheri Prabhakar Rao, Doddi Komraiah, Bandi Yadagiri, Chakalli Iylamma,Komaram Bheem,Puchalapalli Sundaraiah, Makineni Basavapunaiah, Chandra Rajeswara Rao, Raavi Narayana Reddy, Arjula Ramana Reddy, the Urdu poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Hassan Nasir, Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy, Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy, Mallu Swarajyam, Arutla Ramchandra Reddyand his wife Arutla Kamala Bai.^[8][9][10]

The violent phase of the movement ended after the central government sent in the army. Starting in 1951, the CPI shifted to a more moderate strategy of seeking to bring communism to India within the constraints of Indian democracy.^[11]

[edit]Post-independence history of Telangana

When India became independent from the British Empire, the Nizam of Hyderabad wanted Hyderabad State to remain independent under the special provisions given to princely states. Rebellion has started throughout the state against the Nizam's rule and his army known as theRazakars (Hyderabad). The Razakars, led by its chief, Qasim Razvi, massacred many people and rebels to suppress the movement, but in vain. They destroyed many temples and monuments across the state. Mass assassinations, similar to Jallianwalabhag, took place through out the state. The Government of India annexed Hyderabad State on September 17, 1948, in an operation by the Indian Army calledOperation Polo. When India became independent, the Telugu-speaking people were distributed in about 22 districts, 9 of them in the Telangana region of Nizam's Dominions (Hyderabad State), 12 in the Madras Presidency (Andhra region), and one in French-controlledYanam. A Communist led peasant revolt started in 1946 and lasted until 1951, weakening the viability of Hyderabad as an Indian state in its present form.

The Central Government appointed a civil servant M. K. Vellodi, as First Chief Minister of Hyderabad state on 26 January 1950. He administered the state with the help of bureaucrats from Madras state and Bombay state. In 1952, Telangana had tasted democracy for the first time when it participated in general elections and elected Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao as the Chief minister of Hyderabad State. The Telugu speaking people in Madras state enjoyed some form of democracy since 1920. During this time there were violent agitations by some Telanganites to send back bureaucrats from Madras state, and to strictly implement rule by "Mulkis" (natives of Hyderabad).^[12]

Meanwhile, Telugu-speaking areas (Andhra region) were carved out of an erstwhile Madras state by popular agitation by leaders like Potti Sri Ramulu to create Andhra State with Kurnool as its capital in 1953.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

[edit]Merger of Telangana and Andhra

In December 1953, the States Reorganization Commission was appointed to prepare for the creation of states on linguistic lines.^[18] TheStates Reorganization Commission (SRC) was not in favour of an immediate merger of Telangana region with Andhra state, despite the common language between the two.

Paragraph 382 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC) said "opinion in Andhra is overwhelmingly in favour of the larger unit, public opinion in Telangana has still to crystallize itself. Important leaders of public opinion in Andhra themselves seem to appreciate that the unification of Telangana with Andhra, though desirable, should be based on a voluntary and willing association of the people and that it is primarily for the people of Telangana to take a decision about their future". The people of Telangana had several concerns. The region had a less developed economy than Andhra, but with a larger revenue base (mostly because it taxed rather than prohibited alcoholic beverages), which people of Telangana feared might be diverted for use in Andhra. They also feared that planned irrigation projects on the Krishna and Godavari rivers would not benefit Telangana proportionately even though people of Telangana controlled the headwaters of the rivers. It was also feared that the people of Andhra, who had access to higher standards of education under the British Rule, would have an unfair advantage in seeking Government and Educational jobs.

The commission proposed that the Telangana region be constituted as a separate state with a provision for unification with Andhra state, after the 1961 general elections, if a resolution could be passed in the Telangana state assembly with a two-third majority.

The Chief Minister of Hyderabad State, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, expressed his view that a majority of Telangana people were against the merger.^[19]

Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru initially was skeptical of merging Telangana with the Andhra State, fearing a "tint of expansionist imperialism" in it. Later, he compared the merger to a matrimonial alliance having "provisions for divorce" if the partners in the alliance cannot get on well.^[20][21]

However, following the "Gentlemen's agreement, the central government established a unified Andhra Pradesh on November 1, 1956.^[13][22][23]The agreement provided reassurances to Telangana in terms of power sharing as well as administrative domicile rules and distribution of expenses of various regions.

Anti-Nehru politics emerged with the repression of the Telengana movement; many within the Congress extended their hands to radical and not-so-radical leftist causes. Feroze Gandhi was among them.^[24]

[edit]Separate Telangana state movement

[edit]1969 Telangana movement

In the years after the formation of Andhra Pradesh state, people of Telangana expressed dissatisfaction over how the agreements and guarantees were implemented. Discontent with the 1956 Gentleman's agreement intensified in January 1969, when the guarantees that had been agreed on were supposed to lapse. Student agitation for the continuation of the agreement began at Osmania University in Hyderabad and spread to other parts of the region. Government employees and opposition members of the state legislative assembly swiftly threatened "direct action" in support of the students.^[25]

Although the Congress faced some dissension within its ranks, its leadership stood against additional linguistic states. As a result, defectors from the Congress, led by M. Chenna Reddy, founded the Telangana Praja Samithi. In 1971 Parliament elections held in May 1971, Telangana Praja Samithi won 10 out 14 Parliament seats in Telangana.^[26][27] Despite electoral successes, however, some of the new party leaders gave up their agitation in September 1971 after realizing that Prime Minister not inclined to towards Telangana, much to the chagrin of separatists, rejoined the safer political haven of the Congress ranks.^[28]

During this period, the Government promised to correct what critics saw as violation to Gentleman's agreement in jobs, budget allocations, educational facilities.^[29] Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi was strongly against the division of the state but on her recommendation, P. V. Narasimha Rao became first Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from Telangana on September 30, 1971.^[30] [1] [2]

In the year 1972, all candidates belonging to STPS under the leadership of M Sridhar Reddy contested the assembly elections, however, onlyThakkalapalli Purushothama Rao got elected from Wardhannapet constituency of Warangal District and rest were defeated. In 1969, Purushotham Rao unveiled Telangana map in the state assembly. Purushotham Rao was for outright separation during the 1969 movement and he supported the student views.^[31]

A memorial was built for students who lost their lives called as Gun Park, near Public Gardens, Hyderabad

[edit]1972 Jai Andhra Movement

At the end of 1972, when the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules, the very next day of the Judgement, Jai Andhra movement was started in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions protesting the protections mentioned in the Gentleman's agreement.^[32] P. V. Narasimha Raohad to resign as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on January 10, 1973. President's rule was declared in the state.

[edit]Six-Point Formula

Finally, on 21 September 1973, a political settlement was arrived by the Government of India with a Six-Point Formula. It was agreed upon by the leaders of the two regions to prevent any recurrence of such agitations in future.

1. Accelerated development of the backward areas of the State and planned development of the State capital with specific resources earmarked for these purposes and appropriate association of representations of such backward areas in the State legislature along with other experts in the formulation and monitoring of development schemes for such areas should form the essential part of the developmental strategy of the State. Constitution at the State level of a Planning Board as well as Sub-Committees for different backward areas should be the appropriate instrument for achieving this objective.
2. Institution of uniform, arrangements throughout the State enabling adequate preference being given to local candidates in the matter of admission to educational institutions and establishment of a new Central University at Hyderabad to argument the exiting educational facilities should be the basis of the educational policy of the State.
3. Subject to the requirements of the State as a whole, local candidates should be given preference to specified extent in the matter of direct recruitment to (i) non-gazetted posts (other than in the Secretariat. Offices of Heads of Department, other State level offices and institutions and the Hyderabad City Police) (ii) corresponding posts under the local bodies and (iii) the posts of Tahsildars, Junior Engineers and Civil Assistant Surgeons. In order to improve their promotion prospects, service cadres should be organised to the extent possible on appropriate local basis up to specified gazetted level, first or second, as may be administratively convenient.
4. A high power administrative tribunal should be constituted to deal with the grievances of services regarding appointments, seniority, promotion and other allied matters. The decisions of the Tribunal should ordinarily be binding on the State Government. The constitution of such a tribunal would justify limits on recourse to judiciary in such matters.
5. In order that implementation of measures based on the above principles does not give rise to litigation and consequent uncertainty, the Constitution should be suitably amended to the extent necessary conferring on the President enabling powers in this behalf.
6. The above approach would render the continuance of Mulki Rules and Regional Committee unnecessary.^[33]

[edit]Movement in 1990–2004

The emotions and forces generated by the movement in 1969 were not strong enough, however, for a continuing drive for a separate state until 1990s when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), promised a separate Telangana state if they came to power.^[34] BJP created Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh and Uttarkhand states in year 2000 as promised. But the BJP could not create a separate Telangana state because of the opposition from its coalition partner, Telugu Desam Party.^[35] These developments brought new life into the separatist Telangana movement by year 2000. Congress party MLAs from the Telangana region, supported a separate Telangana state and formed the Telangana Congress Legislators Forum.^{[36][37][38][39][40]} In another development, a new party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi (or TRS), led by Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), was formed with the single point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state, with Hyderabad as its capital.^[41][42][43]

[edit]Grievances of Telangana proponents

Telangana is the largest single region of the three regions of Andhra Pradesh state covering 41.47% of its total area, is inhabited by 40.54% of the state's population, contributes about 76% to the state's revenues (excluding central government contribution). From Central govt: 19.86%, From Telangana: 61.47%(including 37.17% from Hyderabad), From Andhra: 14.71%, From Rayalaseema: 3.90%.^[44]

Among others, alleged injustices in water, budget allocations, jobs are the grievances cited by Telangana proponents. Within the state ofAndhra Pradesh,68.5% of catchment area of river Krishna and 69% of catchment area of river Godavari are in the Telangana region. But Telangana supporters cite that benefit of irrigation through the canal system under major irrigation projects is accruing substantially, i.e. 74.25%, to the Coastal Andhra region; while the share of Telangana is just 18.20%, the remaining 7.55% goes to the Rayalaseema region. State's expenditure on Telangana's major irrigation projects is just 18.20% of total expenditure. In addition, the share of education funding for Telangana ranges from 9.86% in government aided primary schools to government degree colleges which has a share of 37.85%. Above numbers includes the expenditure in Capital Hyderabad. In addition, budget allocations to Telangana are generally less than 1/3 of total Andhra Pradesh budget. In addition, there are allegations that in most years, funds allocated to Telangana were never spent. Telangana proponents cite that only 20% of total Government employees, less than 10% employees in secretariat, less than 5% of head of the departments in Andhra Pradesh are from Telangana, while those from other regions make up the bulk of employment.^[45][46][47] Andhra Pradesh was represented by Telangana chief ministers for only 6-1/2 years out of over five decades of its existence, with no chief minister from the region being in power continuously for more than 2-1/2 years.^[45]

Proponents of a separate Telangana state feel all the agreements, accords, formulas, plans and assurances on the floor of legislature and Lok Sabha, in last 50+ years, could not be honoured and Telangana was forced to remain neglected, exploited and backward. They allege that the experiment to remain as one state proved to be a futile exercise and therefore, separation is found to be the best solution.^[48][49][50][3]

[edit]2004 and later

Flag of TRS

In 2004, for Assembly and Parliament elections, the Congress party and the TRS had an electoral alliance in the Telangana region with the promise of a separate Telangana State.^[51] Congress came to power in the state and formed a coalition government at the centre. TRS joined the coalition government in 2004 and was successful in making a separate Telangana state a part of the common minimum program (CMP) of the coalition government.^[52] In April 2006, the then Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy sent a report to Congress against the formation of the new Telangana state.^[53] In September 2006, TRS withdrew support from the Congress led coalition government at the centre on the grounds of alleged indecision by the government over the delivery of its electoral promise to create Telangana.^[54][55][56]

In December 2006, the TRS won the by-election to the Karimnagar parliamentary constituency with a record margin.^[57] The TRS continued to pressure for the creation of aTelangana state in 2008.^[58][59][60]

All TRS legislators in Parliament and in the State (4 MPs, 16 MLAs, 3 MLCs) resigned in the 1st week of March 2008 and forced by-elections to increase the pressure on Congress party to take action.^[61][62]

By-elections for the 16 MLA seats, 4 MP seats were held May 29, 2008. During the election campaign, the TRS party said it is a referendum on a Telangana state but both Congress and TDP parties said it is not a referendum on Telangana and also said that they are not opposed to the formation of Telangana state.^{[63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72]} To the disappointment of Telangana proponents, the TRS retained only 7 out of 16 MLA seats and 2 out of 4 MP seats after the by-elections.^[73]

In June 2008, Devender Goud, who is considered number two in the TDP, a politbureau member and Deputy Leader of the Telugu Desam Legislature Party, resigned from the party saying he would devote his time and energy to the formation of a separate Teelangana state.^[74] In July 2008, Mr Goud along with some other leaders like Mr. E Peddi Reddy formed a new party called Nava Telangana Praja Party or NTPP.^[75]

On 9 October 2008, in a historical turnaround from its 26-year history TDP announced its support for the creation of Telangana.^[76]

Konda Laxman Bapuji of the Nava Telangana Party announced that "We solemnly declare statehood for Telangana on November 2, 2008."^[77]

[edit]2009 and later

In February 2009 the state government declared that it had no objection, in principle, to the formation of separate Telangana and that the time had come to move forward decisively on this issue. To resolve issues related to it the government constituted a joint house committee.^[78]

Ahead of the 2009 General Elections in India, all the major parties in Andhra Pradesh supported the formation of Telangana.^[79] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) again announced that they would create two more states, Telangana and Gorkhaland, if they won the election.^[80] TheCongress Party still says it is committed to Telangana statehood,^[81] but claims Muslim minorities are opposed to creation of separate state along with majority of people. Some analysts, however, feel that the "Muslim reluctance card" has been deftly played by then Chief MinisterY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who is staunchly opposed to the formation of the new state.^[82][83]

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had promised to work for Telangana statehood. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) joined a Mahakutami (or grand alliance) with TDP and left parties to defeat the Congress party for denying statehood for Telangana.^[84][85][86]

The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), newly founded by film star Chiranjeevi, supported Telangana statehood.^[87] The small Nava Telangana Praja Party announced that it would merge with PRP after it concluded that there was not enough political space for two sub-regional Telangana parties with Telananga statehood as main agenda,^[88][89] but later reversed itself and merged instead into the Telugu Desam Party.^{[citation needed]}

Congress returned to power both at center and state. In AP, Congress won 154 out of 294 MLA seats and 33 out of 42 MP seats. Within Telangana, Congress won 50 out of 119 MLA seats and 12 out of 17 MP seats.^[90][91]

On November 29, 2009, the TRS president, K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) started a fast-unto-death demanding that the Congress partyintroduce a Telangana bill in the Parliament. He was arrested by the government of Andhra Pradesh.^{[92][93][94][95][96]} Student organizations, employee unions and various organizations joined the movement.^{[97][98] [99]} Telangana strikes shut down Telangana on Dec 6th and 7th.^[100]Student organizations planned a massive rally at the state Assembly on Dec 10th. Government warned that the rally did not have permission and deployed police troops through out Telangana. ^[101] The apparent decline in KCR's health led to a sense of urgency to take a decision on the issue of Telangana statehood. ^[102] [103]

[edit]Proposed Telangana state formation process

On December 9, 2009, P. Chidambaram, the Union Minister of Home Affairs announced that the Indian government would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state, pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly.^[104]KCR thus ended his 11 day fast, saying from his hospital bed that this was a "true victory of the people of Telangana."

Pro-Telangana supporters celebrated the central government decision while those from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions (Andhra region) protested.^[105][106] In fact, within a short time of the Home Minister's declaration, sensing the public mood, MLAs from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions (Andhra region) submitted their resignations in protest of the process of creation of a new state within Andhra Pradesh.^[107] By the 16th of December, at least 147 legislators (including Praja Rajyam Founder Chiranjeevi^[108]) and many Members of Parliament had resigned in protest of the Government's decision to begin discussions on forming a new state of Telangana. 22 Ministers from the State Cabinet, all from Andhra (Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema) regions submitted their resignations.^{[109][110] [111]}

On December 16, media reports confirmed that there was a split in the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) over the Telangana issue, with its leaderChiranjeevi as well as 16 out of 18 party MLAs(the remaining 2 hailed from Telangana) opposing the division of Andhra Pradesh while Telangana leaders in the party were unhappy with the shift in the party's views.^{[112][113][114]}

On December 23, the Government of India announced that no action on Telangana will be taken until a consensus is reached by all parties. The TRS reacted by calling for another general strike on 24th Dec '09, an action aimed at stalling the regional economy.

A Joint Action Committee (JAC) was formed with the pro-separation members of the major political parties. There were reports that members of the JAC had widely divergent approaches on the issue of a separate Telangana.^{[115][116][117]} Subsequently, Andhra (Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema) region MLAs started withdrawing their resignations while MLAs and ministers from Telangana started submitting their resignations, demanding the Centre to take immediate steps to initiate the process of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.^[118] [119] The Home minister conducted an all party meeting on the 5th of January to elicit views of all parties in the State. Further, on the advice of Congress party's central leadership, all of the Ministers from Telangana withdrew their resignations.^[120] Rallies, hunger strikes, suicides continue, sometimes turning violent, through out Telangana to protest against the delay in bifurcating the State.^[121] The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) started relay hunger strikes and threatened resignations of all legislators on Jan 28, demanding the Centre to spell out its stand on separate Telangana and start the process of creating the State within a timeframe. ^[122] The Union minister for Home Affairs P Chidambaram announced on January 28 that a Committee to examine the demand for a separate Telangana would be announced after a week.^[123][124] On the 3rd February the government announced the 5 member committee that would look into the issue of Bifurcation of state.^[125]

The Telangana Joint Action Committee said the agitations would continue until a Bill was passed in Parliament for the formation of a Telangana State. Agitation involved human chains, community kitchens on roads, amongst others^[126] On Feb 3rd JAC organized a longest human chain in India, a distance of 500 km, from north to South in Telangana.^[127]

The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has supported a separate Telangana state by giving the slogan, "Justice for Telangana and Telangana for Justice"^{[128][129][130]} The Jamaat with its student wing Students Islamic Organisation of India organized a large rally at Nizam college grounds on February 7, 2010.

On February 12, Central government announced Terms of Reference to B.N. Srikrishna Committee with a deadline of December 31, 2010. Telangana-JAC rejected the terms of reference saying that it "undid" Union home minister's statement in New Delhi on December 9, 2009.^[131]

All 10 of TRS MLAs, 1 TDP MLA, 1 BJP MLA insisted speaker of Assembly to accept their resignations. Speaker accepts resignations of 12 MLAs. Rest of the Telangana MLAs withdrew their resignations which disappointed Telangana JAC.^[132][133]

On February 16, Congress legislators from the Telangana region resigned from the Joint Action Committee due to "unilateral actions by KCR."^[134]

As of February 22, 2010, more than 25 Telangana people committed suicides over the delay in the formation of Telangana state.^{[135][136][137]}

Sri Krishna Committee solicited suggestions/views from the political parties, social organisations and other stakeholders on February 21. Committee received over 60,000 petitions by the deadline of April 10. The committee began personal interactions with the various stakeholders, including the political parties starting from April 16. ^{[138][139][140]} The committee met with the leaders of TRS,^[141] PRP, CPI,^[142] MIM, ^[143] TDP,^{[144] [145] [146]} and various organizations from though out Andhra Pradesh.^[147]

On July 6, Telangana congress legislators and ministers met the Sri Krishna committee and made strong arguments in favor of the formation of Telangana state.^[148]

All the Telangana MLAs who resigned protesting the delay in the formation of Telangana(11 TRS and 1BJP) in February were re-elected in the bye-elections on July 27, 2010 with huge majority. Congress & TDP who decided to contest the elections ignorng the appeal of JAC^[149][150]lost deposits(i.e. got less than 1/6th of polled votes)in many constituencies;.^{[151][152][153]}

In a report submitted to the SriKrishna Committee, ministers from Seema-Andhra region mentioned those seeking separate Telangana are anti-national.^[154] They also said that all the districts of Telangana are well developed between 1992 and present period. This evoked strong protests in Telangana demanding the dismissal of those ministers.^[155] Incidentally, Central Government declared 13 districts in AP are backward, and 9 out of 10 Telangana districts are backward vindicating Telangana proponents arguments.^[156][157]

On December 16, 2010, TRS organized a massive public meeting in Warangal couple of weeks before the submission of report by the Justice Srikrishna Committee. Its estimated that over 1.2 to 1.5 million^[158] attended this meeting. News reports says half the people could not come to the meeting venue because they were stranded on roads due to the traffic jam for more than 20 km on all roads leading to Warangal city.Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to note that the people of Telangana were losing patience and demanded that the Centre introduce the Bill on Telangana in the next session of Parliament.

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The five member committee headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna has submitted its report in two volumes to the Home Ministry of India on 30 December 2010. The home Ministry has announced that it will once again hold talks with all the eight recognized political parties of Andhra Pradesh on January 6, 2011 and make the report public on the same day. ^[165]

[edit]Geography

Telangana region marked in white within the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Of the three regions of the state,^[166] Telangana has the largest area, with 814,800  km².The Telangana deccan plateau is drained by two major rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna. The entire region is divided into two main regions namely ghats and peneplains. The surface is dotted with low depressions. The region has very valuable coal mines in ramagundam.

[edit]Natural resources (rivers, coal, limestones, forests)

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Telangana region Andhra Pradesh is situated in the central stretch of the eastern seaboard of the Indian Peninsula. The river Godavari is flowing on the North and the river Krishna is flowing on the South. 69% of Krishna River and 79% of Godavari River catchment area is in Telangana. Apart from the major rivers, there are other small rivers such as Manair, Bhima, Dindi, Kinnerasani,Manjeera, Munneru, Moosi, Penganga, Praanahita, and Peddavagu and Taliperu.

Forests: 45% of the forest area in the state is in Telangana region spread across five districts.

Coal: 20% of the coal deposits in the country is in Telangana region. Singareni Collieries excavate Coal and used it for industrial purposes and for thermal power stations. The coal supplied from this region, and the power produced is supplied to entire south india.

Limestones: There are limestone deposits in the region, which cater to cement factories in the region. Telangana also has got other resources like bauxite, and mica.

[edit]Demography

9 out of 10 districts(except Hyderabad district) in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh are recognized by the Government of India as backward. According to the Backward Regions Grant Fund 2009-10, 13 districts are located in Andhra Pradesh, 9 are from Telangana and the rest are from other regions.^{[167][168][169]} 86% of Telangana is Hindu while 12.4% is Muslim, and 1.2% is Christian. Hyderabad city has 65% of the total Muslim population. Telangana districts(outside Hyderabad district) have 8.4% of Muslim population.^[130]

More than 90% of Telangana people speak the Telangana dialect of Telugu which is primarily Telugu with Urdu influences.^{[citation needed]}About 11% of Telangana people speak Hyderabadi Urdu. Urdu speakers are mostly Muslims in Hyderabad city and in other major towns though people of other ethnicities also use Urdu for day to day life.^[170] [4]

[edit]Culture and identity

Hyderabadi biryani

Telangana has its own distinctive culture and identity. Most prominent is the Hyderabadi Culturealso called Deccan Culture.^[171][172] The Telugu language spoken here has evolved into a newdialect with a liberal mixture of words from Urdu.^{[citation needed]} Telugu is the major language spoken while Urdu is spoken by Muslims. Hindi is spoken by people from other states of North India and Central India like Gujarat and Maharashtra. Kannada and Marathi are also spoken. Telugu, Urdu and English are the official languages of the region.

Festivals: Diwali, Dassera, Eid-ul-Fitr and Ugadi are prominent festivals in Telangana. The region celebrates distinctive festivals like Bathukamma, and Bonalu. The other festivals of Hindu and Muslims such as Holi, Rakhi and Moharram are also celebrated with equal enthusiasm as in northern India. The national festival Sankranti is also celebrated in the beginning of harvest season on 14 January every year.

[edit]Places of interest

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Golkonda fort

Osman Sagar, Gandipet Lake

• Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh
• Makkah Masjid, Prominent mosque in Hyderabad
• Ramappa Temple, Historic temple located 77 kilometers from Warangal District.
• Charminar – An iconic 400 year-old landmark of Hyderabad, featuring four graceful minarets.
• Falaknuma Palace – Built by Nawab Viqar al-Umra', a beautiful and stunning piece of architecture.
• Golconda Fort – located on the outskirts of the city, Golconda Fort is one of the most magnificent fortress complexes in India.
• Salar Jung Museum – houses the largest one-man collection of antiques in the world.
• Birla Mandir – An elaborate white marble temple with majestic views of the city and the Husain Sagar (lake).
• Birla Planetarium – located in the heart of the city on the panoramic hillock of Nawbat Pahad.
• Husain Sagar – man-made lake that separates the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
• Chilkur Balaji Temple, also known as Visa Balaji Temple
• Osman Sagar, also known as Gandipet, is a lake near the city.
• NTR Gardens, the 'samadhi' of former Chief Minister Shri.N.T.Rama Rao.
• Purani Haveli – The former official residence of the Nizam.
• Sanghi Temple – A temple dedicated to Venkateshwara which graces a promontory overlooking Sanghi Nagar.
• Madhapur – The IT Capital of Andhra Pradesh.
• Nagarjuna sagar on Krishna river in Nalgonda district
• Bhadrachalam – a sacred place for Lord rama in khammam district
• Parnashala – a sacred place where Lord rama lived during his 14 years forest life , located in Khammam district 35 km from Bhadrachalam.
• Jamalapuram – Known as telangana chinna Tirupathi , an abode of Lord Venkateshwara , located in khammam district 80 km from khammam town.
• Warangal, capital city of Kakatiyas
• Veyisthambala Gudi, Hanamkonda, Warangal District.
• Basara Saraswathi Temple, a temple of Saraswati, one of the two temples in India, which is located in Adilabad Dist 60 km away fromNirmal Temple Web site
• Medak: Famous for outstanding church & Medak khila
• Bhongir fort:Famous single stone hill with fort , 45 km from Hyderabad (Wgl-Hyd highway)
• Yadagirigutta: Famous Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, 50 km from Hyderabad (Wgl-Hyd highway)
• Vemulawada – Rajarajeshawara Temple: Located 38 km from Karimnagar built by chalukyas between AD 750 and 975.
• Kaleshwaram : 130 km from Karimnagar
• Dharmapuri : On the banks of River Godavari, 78 km from Karimnagar, is the 15th century temple town of Dharmapuri.
• Nagunur Fort : The village of Nagunur is about 8 km from Karimnagar Town.
• Dhulikatta : 20 km from Karimnagar is Dhulikatta an important Buddhist spot visited by monks from all over the world.
• Kondagattu :About 35 km from Karimnagar is this breathtaking temple of Lord Anjaneya Swamy. Apart from the temple, the fort of Kondalaraya & Bojjapotana caves are worth seeing at Kondagattu.
• Molangoor Quilla : 30 km from Karimnagar, strategically located on summit of a big isolated granite hill, this fort was built by the Kakathiyas.
• Manthani : Ancient center for Vedic teachings. It is located on the banks of River Godavari, and at a distance of 70 kilometers from Karimnagar.
• Elgandal fort : Located 15 km away from Karimnagar.
• Nirmal:is very famous for handicrafts and paintings
• Basar: The famous saraswathi(goddess of wisdom) temple on the banks of River Godavari in Adilabad District
• Alampur : is a temple-town, Home to the very ancient Navabhramma temples and is referred to as Dakshina Kashi. The principal deities at Alampur are Brahmeshwara and Jogulamba.
• Kuntala Waterfalls(Kuntala) : Adilabad district.

[edit]See also

• States Reorganization Act
• Telangana Rebellion
• Kosta/Coastal Andhra
• Rayalaseema
• Uttarandhra
• Telangana Poets
• Samaikhya Andhra
• Srikrishna committee on Telangana

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[edit]External links

• Demand for Telangana State: genuine and justified., Vijaya Bhaskar, 2010
• Official history of AP on AP Government website
• Telangana movement article in US Library of Congress
• Committee on Telangana surpluses – 1969 Report by Justice Bhargava
• Telangana Information Task Force – by rashu.
• Subregionalism in India – A case of Telangana by Duncan B.Forrester. Alternate link
• Planning Commission Document: Regional Balances in AP
• The Historical Context of Andhra and Telangana, 1949-56 – Economic & Political Weekly, February 20, 2010 vol xlv no 8
• State reorganization committee reports at Wiki Source
• Fasting, Mining, Politicking? Telangana and the Burdens of History, D.Parthasarathy [5]
• Modern Hyderabad(Deccan) by John Law, 1914
• The Hyderabad Political System and its Participants by KAREN LEONARD ; Source: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3 (May, 1971), pp. 569-582 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2052461
• Nizam – British Relations 1724-1857 by Sarojini Regani published 1963

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