Telangana

Telangana (Telugu: తెలంగాణ,Urdu: تیلنگانا, Hindi: तेलंगाना ) is a region in Andhra Pradesh, India. The region borders the states of Maharashtra on the north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east, Orissa on the east, the Coastal Andhra region on the east and the Rayalaseema region on the south. Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema were part of the former Andhra state which was merged with Telangana to form the current state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. The region has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 30,987,271 [1] per the 2001 census. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range, and includes the northwestern interior districts of the Andhra Pradesh state. Telangana region has 10 districts: Adilabad, Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and Warangal. The Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east. Of the 34 districts in India which face acute farm distress, nine are in Telangana.[2][3][4] In 2006, of the 31 districts identified in four states for the Prime Minster 's package for watershed development projects, nine are in Telangana region and eight are in other parts of Andhra Pradesh.[5][6] On December 9, 2009, the Government of India announced that the process for the formation of Telangana state would be considered upon introduction and passage of a separation statement by the state assembly of Andhra Pradesh.[7][8][9] The Government of India constituted a five-member committee headed by Justice B. N. Srikrishna to study the feasibility of a separate Telangana state within the Indian Union.[10]
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* 1 History o 1.1 Telangana Rebellion o 1.2 Post-independence + 1.2.1 Merger of Telangana and Andhra o 1.3 Separate Telangana state movement + 1.3.1 Grievances of Telangana proponents + 1.3.2 History of

References: Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) 45% of the forested area in the state is in Telangana region, spread across five districts