TELANGANA

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Basic Facts about Telangana

● State: 2 June 2014

● Capital: Hyderabad

● Number of District : 33

● Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan

● Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao

● High court: High Court for the State of Telangana

● Chief Justice: Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 119

● Lok Sabha Seats : 17

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 7

Boundaries

Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra to the north, Chhattisgarh to

the east, Karnataka to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the east and south.

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State Symbols

● The State Bird - Palapitta (Indian Roller or Blue Jay).

● The State Animal - Jinka (Deer).

● The State Tree - Jammi Chettu (Prosopis Cineraria).

● The State Flower - Tangedu (Tanner’s Cassia).

History of Telangana

● After India’s independence, Nizam of

Hyderabad state was not interested to

accede to India. The state of Hyderabad was

annexed on 17 Sept 1948 by military

operation called “Operation Polo“.

● The Telangana rebellion was a originally a

peasant revolt which was supported by the

communists between 1946 and 1951 in

Hyderabad.

● Since December 2009, the Telangana

movement intensified. Telangana was

separated from Andhra Pradesh on 2 June

2014 to become the 29th state of India.

● भारत की स्वतंत्रता के बाद, हैदराबाद के निजाम

भारत में प्रवेश करने के लिए इचु्छक नही ं था।

हैदराबाद राज्य को 17 ऑपरेशन 1948 को

"ऑपरेशि पोलो" नामक सैन्य अलभयान द्वारा रद्द

कर लदया गया था।

● तेिंगाना लवद्रोह मूि रूप से एक लकसान लवद्रोह था

लिसे हैदराबाद में 1946 और 1951 के बीच

कमु्यलनस्ों द्वारा समथथन लदया गया था।

● लदसंबर 2009 से, तेिंगाना आंदोिन तेि हो गया।

तेिंगाना 2 जूि 2014 को आंध्र प्रदेश से अिग

होकर भारत का 29 वां राज्य बन गया।

Geography

● Telangana is situated on Deccan plateau in the

peninsular part of India. This region is drained by

two main rivers Godavari and Krishna.

● 69 % of Krishna river and 79 % of Godavari’s

cachment area is in Telangana region.

● Godavari is considered as sacred river in South

India and is also called as Dakshin Ganga (Ganga

of South).

● It is semi arid area and climate is mainly hot and

dry.

● Mahboobnagar is largest district of Telangana by

area. Ranga Reddy is the largest district by

population.

● तेिंगाना भारत के प्रायद्वीपीय भाग में डेक्कि पठार पर

स्थथत है। यह के्षत्र दो मुख्य नलदयों गोदावरी और कृष्णा

द्वारा संलचत लकया िाता है।

● कृष्णा नदी का 69% भाग और गोदावरी का 79% भाग

तेिंगाना के्षत्र में है।

● गोदावरी को दलक्षण भारत में पलवत्र नदी माना िाता है

और इसे दनिण गंगा (दलक्षण की गंगा) भी कहा िाता

है।

● यह अर्ध शुष्क िेत्र है और ििवायु मुख्य रूप से गमथ

और शुष्क है।

● महबूबिगर के्षत्रफि के लहसाब से तेिंगाना का सबसे

बडा लििा है। रंगा रेड्डी िनसंख्या के लहसाब से सबसे

बडा लििा है।

● The Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held in Telangana on 7 December 2018.

● The incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Indian National Congress, Telangana Jana Samithi,

and Telugu Desam Party are considered to be the main contestants in the election.

● Four opposition parties in the state, the INC, the TJS, the TDP and the CPI have announced the

formation of a 'Mahakootami' (Grand Alliance).

● However the Maha Kootami could not win a majority. Ultimately, the TRS won and formed the

government once again.

Major Dams

● Nagarjunasagar Dam: Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built across the Krishna river, located between Nalgonda

district of Telangana state and Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

● Srisailam-Dam: Srisailam Dam is also built across the Krishna River at the border of Mahabubnagar

District in Telangana and Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

● Sriram-Sagar: Sriram Sagar is the name of reservoir formed by the Pochampad Dam across the Godavari

river near Nirmal town in Telangana.

● Nizam Sagar: Nizam Sagar Dam is constructed across the Manjira River between the in village of

Achampet and Banjapalle in Nizamabad district.

● Manair Dam: Lower Manair Dam is one of the three major irrigation project constructed across the Manair

river in Karimnagar District of state.

● Jurala Dam: Priyadarshini Jurala Project or Jurala Project is situated near the village of Kuravapur in

Mahbubnagar district.

● Sripada Sagar: Sripada sagar yellampally project is fourth largest dam project on the Godavari river in

Telangana state.

● Koil Sagar: Koilsagar Dam is built on minor tributary of the Krishna river, located near Koilsagar village in

Mahabubnagar district.

General Facts

● The economy is mainly driven by agriculture. Rice is the major and staple food crop of the state.

● Ramagundam Power plant is the major Power station of the state operated by NTPC having

installed capacity of 2600 MW.

● Warangal has a domestic airport which was established in the year 1930 during Nizam period.

● The state is also the main administrative centre of many Indian defence aero-space and research

labs like Bharat Dynamics Limited, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Defence

Research and Development Organisation and Defence Research and Development

Laboratory.

● Black soil is also found in certain parts of the area.

● Char Minar which is the iconic face of Telangana was built by Quli Qutub Shah in year 1591. It is

believed that it was built as a memoir after eradication of plague from the city.

● 1000 (Thousand) Pillar temple which is located in Hanamkonda of Warangal district is famous

religious tourist place. This temple was built by King Rudra Deva of Kakatiya dynasty in 11th

century.

General Facts

● Telangana is largely rural, with roughly two-fifths of the state’s population classified as urban.

● Hyderabad accounts for more than half of those in urban areas.

● The state’s other main cities include Warangal, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, and Adilabad.

● Charminar, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Chowmahalla Palace, Falaknuma

Palace, Birla Mandir and Nagarjun sagar, Bhongir Fort, Warangal Fort, Khammam Fort

are some of the monuments in and around Hyderabad.

General Facts

● Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple of Madurai is devoted to Parvati (Meenakshi) and Shiva

(Sundareswar). This temple is also the iconic symbol of Telangana. It consists of 14

gopurams (gateways) and centered garbhgriha. This temple in the current form was built

by Vishwanath Nayak of Nayak Dynasty in late 16th century.

Dances of Telangana

● Perini Sivatandavam or Perini

Thandavam

● Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Tiger Reserve

● Mrugavani National Park

● KBR National Park

● Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Telangana

Famous Places of Telangana

● Bhadrachalam Temple is a Lord Sree Sita Ramachandra Swamy Temple in

Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri District.

● Charminar- The Charminar, constructed in 1591, is a monument and mosque located

in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The landmark has become a global icon of Hyderabad,

listed among the most recognized structures of India.

● Golkonda: Golkonda is a citadel and fort in Southern India and was the capital of the

medieval sultanate of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, is situated 11 kilometres west of

Hyderabad.

● Birla Mandir, Hyderabad: Built on a 280 feet (85 m) high hillock called Naubath Pahad

on a 13 acres (53,000 m2) plot in Hyderabad.

● Basara: Gnana Saraswati Temple (Goddess of Knowledge) is located on the banks of

the river Godavari in Adilabad District

● Kuntala waterfall of Adilabad is the famous tourist spot.

GI Tags of Telangana

● Adilabad Dokra

● Warangal durries or rugs

● Silver Filigree of Karimnagar

● Hyderabadi Haleem and Narayanpet Handloom Sarees

Famous persons of Telangana

● Zakir Husain – India’s first Muslim President and famous politician was born in Hyderabad.

● P V Narasimha Rao – The great politician and 9th Prime Minister of India was born in Karimnagar

district of the then Hyderabad state.

● Shabana Azmi – Popular actress, theatre and TV artist were born in Hyderabad city of the then

Hyderabad state on 18 Sept 1950.

● Mohammad Azharuddin – Famous cricketer and captain of Indian Cricket team were born in

Hyderabad on 8 Feb 1963.

● V V S Laxman – Famous test cricketer of the Indian team was born in Hyderabad on 1 Nov 1974.

● Sania Mirza – Popular Tennis player although born in Mumbai on 15 Nov 1986, resides in

Hyderabad. She was the first Indian woman to win WTA title.

● P V Sindhu – Famous badminton player who won a silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016 was born in

Hyderabad.

● Saina Nehwal – Famous Badminton player who won a bronze medal in badminton in London

Olympics 2012 was born in Hisar of Haryana but resides in Hyderabad. She was also the first Indian

to win Olympic medal in Badminton.

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