- Telangana, means "land of Telugus", was part of the former princely state of Hyderabad
- Telangana falls roughly between the two main rivers of the region, Krishna and Godavari
- Telangana is India's 12th largest by population with 35.29 million people, approximately that of Canada which ranks below Odisha and above Kerala
- In the year 1953, the States Reorganization Committee recommended against the immediate merger of Telangana with the then Andhra Pradesh
- On November 1, 1956 Telangana merged with the Andhra state to form Andhra Pradesh
- The demand for Telangana was raised in the year 1956 when Andhra Pradesh was created
- Telangana state is technically big enough to be the world's 33rd largest country
- Hyderabad is the common capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh to the north, Karnataka to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south, east and north east
- Telangana contributes to 60 percent of the revenues of existing Andhra Pradesh. The majority of the revenue comes from Hyderabad, which emerged as a key IT hub in the country during last 15 years
- There are 10 districts in Telangana; Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Khammam
- The first Chief Minister of Telangana is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao and the first Governor is Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshminarasimhan
- The male literacy rate in Telangana is 75.6 per cent, while female literacy rate is 58.77 per cent, with an overall 67.2 per cent
- Telangana has Bicameral legislature with 119 seats in Assembly and 40 seats in Council
- Telangana is India's 12th largest state with 114,840 sq km and comparable with England, just below Tamil Nadu and above Bihar
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