Telangana Is born As India’s 29th State

The barbed wires at the Assembly, secretariat and the Raj Bhavan, which were common sights for more than three years, were replaced with flags and hoardings all over Hyderabad on the occasion of Telangana’s inception as a new state.

Telangana, India’s 29th state, came into existence after about 60 years of unhappy merger with Andhra Pradesh in 1956. Telangana supporters celebrated the occasion, raising the slogan 'Jai Telangana.’

About 300 reportedly had lost their lives in the Telangana movement.

Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao will be sworn in as the chief minister of Telangana today. TRS had won 63 of the 119 Assembly seats in Telangana.

Before Rao takes oath as the chief minister of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan, who has been given additional charge of Telangana, will himself have to take the oath.

31 IPS and 41 IAS officers have been nominated to the Telangana cadre. Chief Secretary PK Mohanty reviewed all arrangements regarding creation of the new state.

The chief secretary also issued orders to 9,893 state government employees to continue working in Telangana as per the 'order to serve' clause to maintain administration in Telangana.