Aspirant States of India - Telangana

Telangana

Before the colonial era begin in Andhra Pradesh region the Andhra Pradesh ruled by Moghals, Nizams etc. After the colonial era starts the Nizams offered Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions to British as tax and hold the Telangana region with them which was called then Hyderabad region. They hold the region till 1948 later it merged in India and became Hyderabad State. But the Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions was under Madras state which was ruled by British. After India got independence the Costal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were separated from Madras State in 1953 and emerged as the Andhra State. The Hyderabad State which now called Telangana was merged with Andhra State in 1956 to form Andhra Pradesh and with Hyderabad as the capital. Telangana comprises the northern, non-coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, and includes the state capital, Hyderabad. The separate Telangana state movement started in 1950s when people unhappy with the merger with Andhra State expressed their discontent. In 1969, there was a full blown revolution by the students of Hyderabad and 369 students were killed in police shootings. The demand has since been growing in people's hearts and became the tide-turner in all general elections from the year 2000. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is a political party formed on the single-point-agenda of formation of Telangana State. TRS in 2004, contested parliamentary elections in alliance with the Congress party and won 5 of 16 seats in the region. This rendered it a member of the coalition ruling India, and a carefully worded sentence about considering the demand for the creation of a new state "at an appropriate time" was duly included in the Common Minimum Programme. TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao sat for a fast-unto-death on 30th Nov, 2009 demanding formation of the state. On 9th Dec 2009, Home Minister P. Chidambaram announced an "resolution" for a Telangana state formation. But it has later put on hold due to pressures and causes from politicians and people from seemandhra (costal and Rayalaseema) to prosper as united. The same sentiments were reflected in a recent open poll conducted by the NDTV & Ipsos.