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Telangana A region of Andhra Pradesh that may / will Become a new State. Telangana consists of the 10 districts of Hyderabad, Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and Warangal. 1

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a new State is being formed in India with a protest from the other part of the bifurcation

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Telangana A region of Andhra Pradesh

that may / will

Become a new State.

Telangana consists of the 10

districts of Hyderabad, Adilabad,

Khammam, Karimnagar,

Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,

Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and

Warangal.

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Telangana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Telangana is a region within the state of Andhra Pradesh

in India. It was formerly part of Hyderabad State which was

ruled by the Nizams.

Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra to the

north and north-west, Karnataka to the west, Chhattisgarh

to the north-east and Odisha to the east. Andhra Pradesh

State has three main cultural regions: Telangana, Coastal

Andhra and Rayalaseema.

The Telangana region has an area of 114,840 square

kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757

(2011 census) which is 41.6% of Andhra Pradesh state

population

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Grievances of Telangana proponents

Proponents of a separate Telangana state cite

perceived injustices in the distribution of water, budget

allocations, and jobs.

Within the state of Andhra Pradesh, 68.5% of the

catchment area of the Krishna River and 69% of the

catchment area of the Godavari River are in the

Telangana region.

Telangana supporters state that the benefits of

irrigation through the canal system under major

irrigation projects is accruing substantially, 74.25%, to

the Coastal Andhra region, while the share to

Telangana is 18.20%. The remaining 7.55% goes to

the Rayalaseema region.

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According to the Backward Regions Grant

Fund 2009 –10, 13 backward districts are located in

Andhra Pradesh: nine (all except Hyderabad) are from

Telangana.

The Telangana Rebellion was a peasant revolt

supported by the Communists. It took place in the

former princely state of Hyderabad between 1946 and

1951. It was led by the Communist Party of India.

The revolt began in the Nalgonda district against the

feudal lords of Reddy and Velama castes.

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It quickly spread to the Warangal and Bidar districts.

Peasant farmers and labourers revolted against the

local feudal landlords (jagirdars and deshmukhs) and

later against the King of Hyderabad State.

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 framework of Indian democracy

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Since Telangana was merged with Andhra state to

form Andhra Pradesh state in 1956, there have been

several agitations in Telangana to invalidate the

merger and to form Telangana state.

On 30 July 2013, the ruling Congress party resolved

to request the Central government to make steps in

accordance with the Constitution to form a separate

state of Telangana, within a definite time frame. The

timeline for the creation, may be 122 days. The city

of Hyderabad would serve as the joint capital of

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for ten years. 6

Telangana is on an elevated plateau. Godavari and

Krishna, flow through the area, but most of the land is

arid. Northern Telangana gets between 900 to 1500mm

rainfall per year from the southwest monsoons. Various

soil types abound here, including chalks, red sandy

soils, dubbas, deep red loamy soils, and very deep b.c.

soils that facilitate planting mangoes, oranges and

flowers. Southern Telangana gets 700 to 900mm rainfall

per year, also from the southwest monsoons. The red

earths with loamy sub-soils (chalkas) in these parts

facilitate planting oranges, mangoes, vegetables,

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About 45% of the forest area in Andhra Pradesh state

is located in Telangana, spread across five districts.

Around 20% of the coal deposits of India are found in

Telangana. The Singareni Collieries Company

excavates coal for industrial purposes and for fuelling

power generating plants. The power generated here

supplies the entire south India. There are limestone

deposits in the area, which are exploited by cement

factories. Telangana has deposits of bauxite and

mica.

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About 76% of the population of Telangana speak

Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 12% speak other

languages. Before 1948, Urdu was the official

language of Hyderabad State, and due to a lack of

Telugu-language educational institutions, Urdu was

the language of the educated elite of Telangana.

After 1948, once Hyderabad State joined the new

Republic of India, Telugu became the language of

government, and as Telugu was introduced as the

medium of instruction in schools and colleges, the

use of Urdu among non-Muslims decreased.

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Seemandhra (Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema

combined which is what will be left after

Telangana is formed) is a poor cousin of

Telangana, which is rich in industry and, more

primarily from a southern perspective, water.

Of the three regions of Andhra Pradesh,

Telangana has the largest area (114,800 square

kilometres). The Deccan plateau has two major

rivers - the Godavari and Krishna.

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Of this, Telangana alone has some 69 per cent of the

Krishna river and 79 per cent of the Godavari

catchment area. Besides, Telangana is also drained

by minor rivers such as Manair, Bhima, Dindi,

Kinnerasani, Manjeera, Munneru, Moosi, Penganga,

Praanahita, Peddavagu and Taliperu. And if we did

not have enough water disputes south of Vindhyas,

expect more than ever once the two warring cousins

(Telangana and Seemandhra) are born.

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Telangana is one of the three regions of Andhra

Pradesh. The other two - the 13 districts of

"Seemandhra" are jointly called Rayalaseema and

coastal Andhra regions.

These were in total shutdown with shops, schools

and offices closed since yesterday following the 48-

hour strike called by anti-Telangana protesters.

National Highway 5, which connects Chennai to

Kolkata, had been blocked at various places in

Andhra Pradesh.

Anti-Telangana protesters block the road in

Ananthapuram on Friday

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Oct 6, 2013, 12.12 PM IST

HYDERABAD: An indefinite strike launched on

Sunday by electricity employees of Rayalaseema

and the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh hit power

supply in six districts of the state and also forced the

railways to cancel train services.

Hundreds of villages in six coastal Andhra districts

plunged into darkness as the electricity employees

went on an indefinite strike to protest the Centre's

decision to create a separate Telangana state.