Telangana

Telangana, also Telengana ( Telugu తెలంగాణ Telangana ) is a region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On June 2, 2014 Telangana will become a separate state. Telangana has an area of ​​114,840 square kilometers and about 35 million inhabitants.

Geography

Telangana is situated inland in south-central India. The area Telanganas is 114,840 square kilometers (about one- third of Germany ). Telangana to the southeast to the rest of Andhra Pradesh, on the southwest by Karnataka to the northwest of Maharashtra, and on the northeast by Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

The area Telanganas part of the Deccan Plateau. The Deccan arises here as gently eastward sloping plateau represents the average height ranges from just under 600 meters in the west to around 100 meters to the east. Telangana is formed by two great rivers flowing through it: the Godavari in the north and Krishna in the south.

The climate is hot and dry in Telangana. The average annual rainfall in Hyderabad is 829 millimeters. Nearly three-quarters of precipitation falling during the summer monsoon from June to September. The average daily maximum temperatures vary between 39 ° C in the hottest month, May, and 28 ° C in December.

Population

After the Indian 2011 census 35,193,978 people live in the area Telanganas. The population density is 306 inhabitants per square kilometer below the average for India ( 382 inhabitants per square kilometer).

History

Telangana as a region of the state of Andhra Pradesh

Telangana was originally part of the State of Hyderabad. After the Indian independence movement which demanded to summarize the Telugu regions into a separate state was formed. As early as 1953 had been established from the Telugu districts of Madras state of Andhra. 1956 were united by the States Reorganization Act of Telugu Andhra Pradesh Andhra and Telangana.

Telangana was - besides the coastal region (Coastal Andhra ) and located in the southwest Rayalasima - the third region of the state. It included the northwest, located in the highlands of the Deccan part of Andhra Pradesh and was divided into the districts of Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Medak and Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh. In addition to the Telugu -speaking Hindu majority, there is a Urdu -speaking Muslim minority.

Aspirations for a separate state of Telangana

After the founding of Andhra Pradesh is a movement that called for a separate Telangana state, as they believe the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the underdeveloped region negligible compared to the rest of Andhra Pradesh developed. 2001 Telangana Rashtra Samithi party (TRS ) was established whose main agenda is to split the region of Andhra Pradesh and to establish their own state. In December 2009, the Indian central government announced that Telangana should be a federal state. This was preceded by several days of partly violent protests and a hunger strike by TRS leader Chandrasekhara Rao. On 30 July 2013, the central government agreed to the creation of the new state final.

Education of the State of Telangana

On February 18, 2014, the Lok Sabha ( the Lower House) of the Indian Parliament to constitute Telangana than 29 state decided on February 20, the Rajya Sabha voted ( the upper house ) to. The Act will enter into force upon signature by the President.

The capital city of Hyderabad, the former capital of Andhra Pradesh was determined. They will serve for a transitional period of at least ten years as the capital of both states.