History

Telangana is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It has borders with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east, Orissa, and Coastal Andhra region on the east and Rayalaseema region on the south.
The Telangana region has an area of 114,840 square kilometers (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census) which is 41.6% of Andhra Pradesh state population.
The 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.

Since Telangana was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh state in 1956, there were several agitations in Telangana to invalidate the merger and to form Telangana state. On December 9, 2009, the Government of India announced the process of formation of Telangana state. Due to objections raised in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions immediately after the announcement, and due to the agitation in those regions for 14 days, the decision to form the new state was put on hold on December 23, 2009. Since December 2009, the Telangana movement intensified and it continued to dominate the state politics and is the cause of instability in the region.