About Telangana State
Telangana state Formation Date, TS Formation Day
Telangana
state became the 29th state of India On 2 June 2014, consisting of the ten north – western
districts of Andhra Pradesh. The city of Hyderabad will serve as the joint
capital of telangana state and andhra
pradesh for up to ten years.
Telangana
State is a newly formed state and named as 29th state of south India on 2nd
June 2014.
It
has an area of 114,840 Square Km (44,340 sq. mi), and a population of
35,286,757 (according to 2011 census), it ranked as 12th largest state in
southern region.
Mostly
the area a part of the Hyderabad Medak and Warangal which was ruled by the
nizams during British raj before the year 1947.
IN
1956 Andhra state was merged with Telangana region when Hyderabad as the state
to form Andhrapradesh.
After
the success in Telangana movement central government stated 29th state of south
India as Telangana.
And
India consisting of the ten north-western districts of Andhra Pradesh with
Hyderabad as its Joint capital for 10 years.
It
mean Hyderabad will be served as joint capital for both the state for 10 years
until 2024.
Telangana
State is boarded by the Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, state of
Maharashtra to the north and north-west, state of Karnataka to the west and
state of Chhattisgarh to the north-east.
Hyderabad,
Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Ramagundam are the major cities in
Telangana.
Telangana
is bordered by the states of Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, Maharashtra
to the north and north-west, Karnataka to the west and Chhattisgarh to the
north-east.
Telangana
has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of
35,286,757 (2011 census). Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar and
Nizamabad are the major cities in Telangana State.
Etymology
The
name Telangana is thought to have been derived from the word Telugu, which is
the land of Telugu-speaking people. Trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, which
translates to “the country of the three lingas”. According to a Hindu legend,
Lord Shiva descended as linga on three mountains, namely Kaleshwaram, Srisailam
and Draksharama, which marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa which then is
later called as ‘Thelinga’, ‘Telunga’, ‘Telugu’.
The
name “Telangana” was designated to distinguish the predominantly
Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly
Marathi-speaking one, Marathwada
One
of the earliest uses of a word similar to Telangana can be seen in a name of
Malik Maqbul (14th century C.E.), who was called Tilangani, which implies that
he was from Tilangana. He was the commander of Warangal Fort (Kaṭaka
pāludu in Telugu).
Number
of Districts 10 Hyderabad, RangaReddy, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangla, Nalgonda,
Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Khammam.
Economy
– Primarily agriculture – much of the land is arid, not as fertile as the
agriculturally rich coastal region.
Dams
– Nizam Sagar, Jurala project in Mahbubnagar, Nagarjuna Sagar.
Crops
are wheat, jowar cotton, groundnut, maize, sugarcane, Sunflower. Cottage
industries like beedi making, handlooms, crafts.
Major
industries – Many of industry located in and around Hyderabad barring some
heavy weights like Coal – Singareni Collieries Company limited (SCCL). Sugar
factories at Bhodan, paper industry at Sirpur kagaznagar and ITC Bhadrachalam,
Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Plant (NTPC), Kothgudem Thermal Power plant.
Private
industry – in last 15 years, Hyderabad emerged as IT, BT and Pharma hub of
India. Reddy Labs, Indian Immunologicals, Aurobindo, Microsoft, Facebook,
mahindra satyam, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant are here. Google India is here . Tata
setting up their Aero SEZ.
Public
Sector Units and Research Establishments concentrated in Hyderabad -Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Misra Dhatu Nigam Limited
(MIDHANI), Nuclear Fuel complex (NFC), Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
limited-IDPL, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Bharat
Dynamics limited (BDL), NRSA, National Institute of Nutrition, NGRI, CCMB.
Major
educational institutions – Osmania, JNTU, Kakatiya, IIT Medak, BITS, IIIT,
Hyderabad Central University (formed after 1960 agitation), NIT Warangal, ISB.
