Formation of Telangana State, 2014

📖 The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014

Passed by Parliament in February 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act formally created Telangana as India's 29th state, with the state coming into existence on 2 June 2014. This marked the culmination of a movement spanning over four decades since the first major agitation in 1969.

🏛️ Key provisions of the Act

• Hyderabad was designated as the common capital for both Telangana and the residual Andhra Pradesh, for a transitional period (initially up to 10 years), to allow Andhra Pradesh time to build its own new capital.
• Provisions were made for revenue and asset sharing between the two successor states.
• Special provisions addressed the division of employees, institutions, and utilities that had operated jointly under undivided Andhra Pradesh.
• The Act also provided a framework for the eventual separation of the High Court serving the two states.

👑 First government of Telangana

K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), leader of the movement and founder of the TRS, became Telangana's first Chief Minister following the state's formation, marking the political culmination of over a decade of sustained campaigning.