India to create a new state called Telangana
Aljazeera.net
The Indian government has announced it will carve a new state out of the southern Andhra Pradesh region.
According to Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s federal Home Minister, the decision was made following violent protests by separatists and an 11-day hunger strike by regional politician Chandrasekhar Rao – who is leading the movement.
Telangana is a region surrounding Hyderabad, one of India’s key IT hubs and the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, comprising largely people who speak the Telugu language.
“The government … will initiate the process to form the state of Telangana,” Chidambaram said in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Telangana or Telingana or Telengana (Telugu: తెలంగాణ) is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The name means “land of Telugus”. It corresponds to the Telugu speaking part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range, and includes the northwestern 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.
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