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Nizam’s princely Hyderabad state had Telangana as a part of it for a very long time. However, in 1956 it merged with the state of Andhra Pradesh. From the year 1956 to the year 2014, Telangana was a part of Andhra Pradesh. Telangana has 19 seats out of 294 in the Parliament, and out of 42, it has 17 seats in the Lok Sabha.
What Is the Telangana Bill?
Telangana bill is also known as the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It is the Indian Parliament affirming Andhra Pradesh getting bifurcated into two different states, namely Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This bill got rejected by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2014. However, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed it. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, got it attested.
What Is Telangana Movement and Telangana History?
It’s not very simple to write everything about the Telangana Andhra movement because it has several historical, economic, political, and social dimensions. We are attempting to get in touch with just a few crucial points.
The Name:
Telangana as a name has emanated from Trilinga Desa. The reason is the region of Telangana has three ancient temples, namely, Draksharama, Kaleshwaram, and SriSailam.
During the regime of the Nizams in Hyderabad, there were both Marathi-speaking and Telugu-speaking areas. The Telugu-speaking region was known as Telugu Angana to distinguish it.
The History:
The Telangana region has historical relations with Assakajanapada, who was supposed to be a great Janapada of early times in India. The others are Nizams, Chalukya, Western Chalukya, Satavahanas, Vakataka, Rashtrakuta, Vishnukundina, Kakatiyas, and Qutbshahis. Nizam gave Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema areas to the British under a subsidiary coalition in 1799. It later became a component of the Madras Presidency. Telangana remained with Hyderabad and belonged to the Nizam of Hyderabad.
About The Telangana Movement and Telangana History
A revolt was started to get the peasants a better deal. The peasants were facing a lot of hardships. The feudal lords, the Doras, belonged to the Velamma and Reddy communities and were giving the peasants a tough time. This resulted in the Telangana Revolt, also known as the Telangana Rebellion. It emerged as a full-time battle against the feudal lords. This was one of the reasons why Hyderabad merged with India.
Operation Polo
When the British Empire freed India in 1947, the Nizam of Hyderabad was unwilling to merge Hyderabad with the Indian Union. He wanted it to be independent as special provisions were provided to the princely states. The Government of India annexed the Hyderabad state in 1948 on the 17th of September. This operation was called Operation Polo. Twenty-two districts were formed, and the Telugu speaking population was distributed among all these districts. The former Nizam’s dominion had 9 of them in the princely state of Hyderabad, there were 12 given to the Madras presidency, and the French-controlled Yanam had 1.
Telangana History and the Telangana Movement: The Reasons Behind
There were several differences between Telangana and Andhra areas. Andhra was from the Madras presidency. This area’s development and education levels were much better than in Telangana. The Telangana population did not want the merger because they were afraid they would no longer have their jobs. Cultural differences were also intact after achieving independence for more than 60 years. During the Nizams and Qutub Shahi rule, the language and culture in Telangana had major influences from the North of India. Festivals that were given emphasis were also entirely different. Andhra was developing faster, and Telangana had strong feelings that they were being ignored and exploited. Also, they believed that Telangana’s surplus was getting transferred to the other part of the state for financial development.
Srikrishna Committee (2010)
Sri Krishna committee in 2010 was a report that pertained to six outcomes to the problem. They preferred to keep both the regions united by providing specific statutory and constitutional measures to both the regions simultaneously, which would improve their socio-economic conditions. They also proposed to create the Telangana Regional Council for the Telangana region to empower them politically. According to the existing boundaries, the other option they had was certainly the bifurcation. Hyderabad became the capital of Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh had another capital.
Conclusion
There was opposition to the formation of a distinct Telangana state. Although an opinion is required, according to Article 3 of the Indian Constitution, the decision was made by voting. The bill got rejected by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Council in 2014 because the legislators were mostly from the Andhra region, and the bill got passed later.
