TELANGANA SPECIAL UPDATES

** Became 29th state of India.
** Telangana, meaning "land of Telugus",
was part of the erstwhile princely state of
Hyderabad.
** Hyderabad State became part of India in
1948 after an operation by the Indian Army.
Telangana became a state of Telugu-speaking
people and was known as Hyderabad State
till 1956 when it was merged with Andhra
State, carved out of Madras province, to
form Andhra Pradesh.
** Number of districts in Telangana: 10 --
Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda,
Mahabubnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar,
Nizamabad, Adilabad and Khammam.
** Geography: Will border coastal Andhra,
Rayalaseema (parts of the existing Andhra
Pradesh), Karnataka, Maharashtra and
Chhattisgarh.
** Area: 1.14 lakh sq. km, which will make it
the 12th largest state in the country.
** With about 35.28 million population,
Telangana will also be the 12th most
populous state. The residuary state of Andhra
Pradesh comprising Rayalaseema and coastal
Andhra (Seemandhra) will have population of
49.32 million and an area of1.60 lakh sq. km
** Languages spoken: Telugu and Urdu
** The region situated at a high altitude in
an upland area. Two major rivers Godavari
and Krishna flow through the region but
most of the land is arid.
** The region sends 119 members to the
294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly and
also accounts for 17 of 42 Lok Sabha seats
from Andhra Pradesh.
** Telangana contributes 60 percent of
revenues of existing Andhra Pradesh.
Majority of revenue comes from Hyderabad,
which emerged as a key IT hub in the
country during last 15 years.
** Governor - E. S. L. Narasimhan
** Chief Minister - Kalvakuntla
Chandrashekar Rao
** Literacy - 66.46%
** Official language - Telugu & Urdu
** Emblem - Kakatiya Toranam,Chariminar
** Bird - Indian Roller