Jul 30, 2013 22:32 (IST)
Telangana factoids (IANS)
- Today's announcement ends a chapter in the history of Andhra Pradesh, which was formed November 1, 1956 with the merger of Telangana (then known as Hyderabad State) with Andhra State.
- Andhra Pradesh will become India's first non-Hindi-speaking linguistic state to be divided. Carved out of Madras State in 1953, it was the first state to be formed on linguistic basis.
- Andhra Pradesh was India's fifth most populous state, with a population of 84.6 million. Spread over 275,000 square km, it ranked fourth among Indian states in terms of geographical area.
- Telangana will have a population of 35.38 million and an area of 1.14 lakh square km.
- During the 'Jai Telangana' movement in 1969, over 300 people, mostly students, were killed in police firing.
- With this, the central government has fulfilled its December 9, 2009 announcement to initiate the process for forming Telangana state. The statement followed an 11-day hunger strike by TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao and massive protests that engulfed the region.