Telangana (Telugu : తెలంగాణ) is a proposed state to be carved out from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India . The city of Hyderabad would serve as the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for ten years. [2][3] On 30 July 2013 the ruling Congress party announced its intention to carve Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh as the 29th state of Republic of India . The timeline for the creation of the new state involves an elaborate process, which has been allotted a 122 days, or at least four months. [4][5] The split has to be approved by the Indian Parliament before the state is officially created. When created, Telangana will consist of 10 districts: Hyderabad, Adilabad , Khammam, Karimnagar , Mahbubnagar, Medak , Nalgonda , Nizamabad , Rangareddy , and Warangal. With a population topping 35 million people, the new state will have 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 Assembly seats. Since Telangana was merged with Andhra state to form Andhra Pradesh in 1956, there were several agitations in Telangana aimed to invalidate the merger and to nullify the decision to unify the two entities. On 9 December 2009, the Government of India announced the process of forming the standalone Telangana state. However, this process was halted just two weeks later, after violent protests shook Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions in reaction to this announcement.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:20:12 +0000
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