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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Telengana - 29th State of India formed on 2nd June, 2014

The 29th state of India was formed on 2nd June 2014 after Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state into two states - Telengana and Andhra Pradesh.


The Congress Working Committee unanimously passed a resolution on 30th July, 2013 to recommend the formation of a separate state of Telengana by bifurcating the state of Andhra Pradesh.  After various stages the bill was passed in the Indian parliament in February, 2014. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014 bill was passed by the Parliament of India for formation of the 29th state of India - Telengana state.  The bill received the assent of the President of India and published in the Gazette on 1st March, 2014.

Sri K.Chandra Sekhar Rao was elected as the first Chief Minister of Telengana State and sworn in as Chief Minister on 2nd June, 2014.  Hyderabad will remain the joint capital city for both Telengana and Andhra Pradesh States for a period of 10 years.

The Telengana state has an area of 114,840 Sq. Kilometers and is the 12th largest state of India.  The state has a population of 3,52,86,757 as per 2011 census.

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