TELANGANA ISSUE: The 'Why It Should Happen' Aspect

Telangana or Telingana is a region and proposed new state currently part of Andhra Pradesh in India.The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of theEastern Ghats range, and includes the north-western interior districts of Warangal, Adilabad, Khammam,Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, and the state capital, Hyderabad. The Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east. On 9 December 2009, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram stated that the "process of separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh will be initiated soon". This statement was released on behalf of the Government of India.

Proponents in favor of the division have stated the following reasons to strengthen their claim: 

• They believe that there should be many more states in India than what we have now. A country like US which has 1/3 population of India has 50 states, why should we have 28 states only.
• The proposal for Vidharba (from Maharashtra) & Telengana were put forth along with the one for Uttaranchal (from Uttar Pradesh), Chattisgarh (from Madhya Pradesh), and Jharkand (from Bihar); but based on what parameters were the first two postponed indefinitely while the latter three were put to action.
• India has the capacity and requirement to take on few more states, that would improve administration, reduce the influence of certain big states, allow interior and backward regions get attention and care from the center.                                        

Why a separate Telengana? Why aren't the people happy with the present administration?

~ Telangana is less developed compared to Andhra.

~ Rivers like Krishna and Godavari flow through Telangana, but the water from the dams are sent to Andhra.

~ Because of less literacy and backwardness of Telangana people, most of the new jobs, postings in government and education are given to people from Andhra.

~ Except for common language, the people of Andhra and Telangana have different dialects,histories, cultural systems, different food habits  

The Chronology of Telangana Struggle

• In 1947, India got Independence- in 1948, Indian Army ousted Nizam of Hyderabad to include Hyderabad and its regions into India. 
• In 1953, Andhra was formed (from Madras State) as a state under Reorganization of States based on linguistic lines. 
• In 1956, Telangana was merged with Andhra though there was a demand for a separate state of Telangana. 
• In 1956, there were protests in Hyderabad for Telangana which was quelled by police killing some of the protestors.Ther reasons for separate Telangana are plenty. 
• In 1969, there was a major revolt in Telangana region by students, professors, government employees, politicians and many others demanding a separate state. The movement was quashed- many were jailed. What was left behind was a list of hollow promises.