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|INTRODUCTI
ONTOTHESTATE|
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Telanganaissi t
uatedont heDeccanPl ateau, i
nt hecent ralstr
etchoftheeast ern
seaboardoft heI ndianPeninsula.Itcovers114,840squar ekilomet res( 44,340sqmi ).Ther egion
i
sdr ai
nedbyt womaj orri
vers,withabout79%oft heGodav ari Rivercat chmentar eaandabout
69%oft heKr ishnaRi vercatchmentar ea,butmostoft helandi sarid.Tel anganaisalsodrained
bysev er
al minorr i
verssuchast heBhima, theManjir
aandt heMusi .Theannual rai
nfal
lis
between900t o1500mm i nnor t
hernTelanganaand700t o900mm i nsout hernTelangana, fr
om
thesouthwestmonsoons.Var ioussoiltypesabound,includingchal kas, r
edsandysoi l
s,dubbas,
deepr edloamysoi l
s,andv erydeepbl ackcottonsoil
sthatf acili
tatepl antingmangoes, oranges
andf l
ower s.

Cl
i
mat
e:

Telanganaisasemi -ari
dareaandhasapr edominant lyhotanddrycli
mat e.
Summer sstarti
nMar ch,andpeakinMaywi t
hav er agehightemperatur
esi nt
he42°C
(108
°F)range.Themonsoonar ri
vesinJuneandlast
sunt ilSept
emberwi t
habout755
mm ( 29.7i
nches)ofpr eci
pit
ati
on.Adry,mil
dwint erst ar
tsi
nl at
eNov emberand
lastsunti
learl
yFebr uar
ywi t
hli
tt
lehumidi
tyandav eragetemperatur
esint he22–23
°C(72–73° F)range.

Ecol
ogy:

TheCentralDeccanPl ateaudr ydeci

duousf or
estsecoregioncovers
muchoft hestate,i
ncludingHy derabad.Thechar acteri
sti
cv egetati
oniswoodl ands
ofHardwickiabinataandAl bi
ziaamar a.Ov er80%oft heoriginalf
orestcov
erhas
beenclearedforagricul
ture, t
imberhar vesti
ng,orcat t
legrazing,butlar
geblocksof
for
estcanbef oundi nNagar j
unsagar -
Srisai
lam Ti
gerReser veandel sewhere.The
morehumi dEast er
nHi ghlandsmoi stdeciduousforestscov ertheEasternGhat sin
theeaster
npar tofthestat e.

Economy:

EconomyofTel anganai smai nlydr i

venbyagr iculture.Twoi mpor t
ant
ri
versofIndia,theGodav ariandKr i
shna, fl
owt hrought hest ate,providingirri
gati
on.
Farmersi nTelanganamai nlydependonr ain-f
edwat ersour cesf orirri
gation.Riceis
themaj orfoodcr op.ot
herimpor tantcropsar ecotton,sugarcane, mangoand
tobaccoar ethelocalcrops.Recent l
y,cropsusedf orveget ableoi lpr
oduct i
onsuch
assunf l
owerandpeanut shav egainedf av our.Therearemanymul ti
-stateirr
igati
on
proj
ectsindev elopment, i
ncludi
ngGodav ar iRiv
erBasinI r
rigat i
onPr ojectsand
NagarjunaSagarDam , thewor l
d'
shi ghestmasonr ydam. Thest atehasal sostart
ed

1
 tofocusonthefi
eldsofinf
ormati
ont echnologyandbiotechnology.Tel
anganais
oneoftopITexporti
ngstat
esofIndia.Thereare68Speci alEconomicZonesinthe
stat
e.Tel
anganaisami ner
al-
ri
chstate,withcoalreser
vesatSi ngar
eniCol
ler
ies.
Agr
icul
tur
e

Paddyf i
eldsi nWar angal dist
rictRiceist hemaj orf oodcr opandst aple
foodoft hest at
e.Ot heri mpor t
antcr opsar emai ze, t
obacco, mango, cottonand
sugarcane.
Agriculturehasbeent hechi efsourceofi ncomef ort hestate'seconomy .Important
ri
versofI ndia,t
heGodav ari,Kri
shnaf lowt hrought hest at
e, pr ovi
dingir
rigati
on.
Apar tfrom maj orr i
vers,therear esmal lri
v ersasTungaBhadr a,Bima,Dindi,
Kinner asani ,
Manj eera,Manai r,Penganga, Pranahitha,peddav aguandTal i
per
u.There
aremanymul ti
-stat
ei r
rigati
onpr oj
ectsindev el
opment ,i
ncludi ngGodav ariRi
ver
BasinI rri
gat i
onPr ojectsandNagar junaSagarDam, thewor ld'shighestmasonr y
dam.Agr i ExportZonesf orthef oll
owingpr oducear eproposedatt heplaces
ment ionedagai nstthem: Gherkins–Mahabubnagar, Rangar eddy, Medak,
Karimnagar, Warangal .Mangoesandgr apes-Hy derabad,Rangar eddy,Medak,
Mahabubnagar

I
ndust
ri
es

TheHI TECCi tyisamaj orI ThubofHy derabad, Sev eral maj or

manuf acturingandser v i
cesindust riesar einoper ati
onmai nlyar oundHy der abad.
Aut omobi lesandaut ocomponent sindust ry,spi ces, mi nesandmi nerals, t
ext i
lesand
appar els,phar maceut i
cal,horticulture,poul tryf armi ngar et hemai ni ndust riesin
Telangana.I nt ermsofser vi
ces, Hy derabadi susual lynicknamedasCy berabaddue
toitsinf ormat i
ont echnol ogyfor ayandl ocat ionofmaj orsof t
war ei ndust ri
esi nt he
cit
y .Priortosecessi on, i
tcontributed15%t oI ndia'sand98%t oAndhr aPr adesh' s
expor tsinI TandI TESsect orsl ast2013Wi thHy derabadasi nthef rontlineof
Telangana' sai mst opr omotei nformat iont echnol ogyi nI ndia,theci tyboast st he
HITECCi t
yasi tspr emi erhub.Thest ategov ernmenti sint hepr ocessofdev eloping
IndustrialPar ksatdi fferentplaces, forspeci fi
cgr oupsofi ndust ries.Theexi sti
ng
parksar eSof t warePar katHy der abad, HITECCi tyforsof twar euni ts,Appar elPar kat
Gundl apochampal li ,ExportPromot ionPar katPashamy laram, Bio- t
echnol ogypar k
atTur kapal ly.Hy der abadi salsoamaj orsi tef orheal thcarer elatedi ndust ri
es
i
ncl udinghospi t
alsandphar maceut i
cal organi zat i
onssuchasNi zam' sI nstituteof
Medi cal Sciences, Apol l
oHospi t
als, andDr .Reddy 'sLabor atories.I naddi ti
on,
Hy derabadbasedheal thcarenon- prof i
tsincl udet heI ndianHear tAssoci ation, a
cardiov ascul ardiseaseNGO.

Tour
ism

Tel
anganaStateTouri
sm Devel
opmentCorpor
ati
on(TSTDC)i
sastate
gov
ernmentagencywhichpromotestour
ism i
nTel
angana.Tel
anganahasavar
iet
yof

2
 t
our
istat
tract
ionsi
ncl
udi
nghi
stor
ical
places,
monument
s,f
ort
s,wat
erf
all
s,f
orest
sand
t
emples.

I
nfr
ast
ruct
ure

1.
Power

Ramagundam Ther
mal
Powerst
ati
oni
nKar
imnagardi
str
ictHy
del
and
ther
mal
powerproj
ect
sinthest
atemeetsthepowerr
equir
ementsoft
heStat
e.Numberofnewpower
proj
ectsar
ecomingupintheSt
atewhichi
sexpectedt
ogener
ateaddi
ti
onal
powercapaci
tyi
n
thestat
e.

2.
Transpor
t

Thestateiswellconnectedotherstateswi t
hr oad,railandai rways.
Howev er,si
nceTelanganaisl andl
ocked,i
tdoesnothav eanyseapor ts.Roads
HyderabadOut erRingRoad( NehruORR), TheTel anganaSt ateRoadTr ansport
Corporati
on( TSRTC)isthemaj orpubli
ctransportcorporationthatconnect sallt
he
cit
iesandv il
l
ages.Mahat maGandhi BusStati
on( M.G.B.S)inHy der abadisoneof
thelar
gestbusst andinAsia.JubileeBusSt at
ioninSecunder abadser v
esintercit
y
busser v
ices.Asia'
sbiggestInterCit
yBusTer minal(ICBT)isbei ngbui l
tinMiyapur
(Hyderabad),whichwouldhousenear l
y200busbay sandf orpar kingnear l
y1,000
buses.

3.
Rai
l
way
s

Secunder
abadrai
lwaystat
ion,
averybusyrai
lwayj
uncti
oninIndi
aand
headquar
tersofSouthCentr
alRai
lwayThehi
stor
yofrail
waysi
nt hi
sregi
ondates

3
 backtothet i
meofnizam ofHy der
abadin1874.operatesundertheauspicesof
theSouthCent r
alRai
l
wayf oundedin1966.Thelandmar kbui
ldi
ngRailNil
ay am i
n
SecunderabadistheZonalHeadquarterof
fi
ceofSout hCentr
alRail
way .
SecunderabadandHy der
abadar ethemaindiv
isi
onsofSout hCentral
Railwaythat
fal
li
nthest ate.

4.Ai
rpor
ts

Raji
vGandhi I
nternationalAirportatShamshabadi saninternati
onal
air
portservingthecit
yofHy der abad.Itisthel ar
gestai rporti
nthestateandoneof
thebusiestairport
sinthecount ry.Thegov ernmenthaspl anstoupgradeWar angal
Air
port,NizamabadAi rportandRamagundam Ai rportItalsoplanstoconst r
uct
air
portsinKar i
mnagarandKot hagudem.War angal hasadomest i
cairporti
n
Mamunoor uwhi chwasestablishedint hey ear1930dur ingNizam peri
od.Allthe
export
sandi mportsofAzam Jahi Mil
ls,War angal weredonet hrought heWar angal
air
port.

Telanganai
sthe29thstateofIndia,for
medont he2ndofJune2014.Thest at
e
hasanareaof1,
14,840SqKm andhasapopul ati
onof3, 52,
86,
757.TheTelanganaregi
onwas
par
toftheHyderabadstat
efrom Sept17th1948t oNov1st1956, unt
ili
twasmer gedwith
Andhr
astatetoformtheAndhraPradeshstate.Afterdecadesofmovementf orasepar
ate
4
State,Tel
anganawascreatedbypassingtheAPStateReorgani
zationBill
inbothhousesof
Parli
ament.Telanganai
ssurroundedbyMaharashtr
aandChhattisgarhintheNorth,
Karnat
aka
i
nt heWestandAndhr aPradeshintheSouthandEastdi
recti
ons.Maj orci
tiesoft
hestat
e
i
ncludeHy der
abad, War
angal,Ni
zamabadandKar i
mnagar.

I
tem Quant
it

Capi
tal
Cit
y Hy
der
abad

Ar
ea 114,
840Sq.Kms.

Di
str
ict
s 10

Rev
enueDi
vi
sions 42

Towns(
asperCensus,
2011) 158

Muni
cipal
Cor
por
ati
ons 6

Muni
cipal
i
ties 38

Nagar
aPanchay
aths 25

Zi
l
laPr
ajaPar
ishads 9

Mandal
Praj
aPar
ishads 443

Gr
am Panchay
aths 8778

Rev
enueMandal
s 464

Rev
enueVi
l
lages 10,
761

I
nhabi
tedVi
l
lages 10,
128

Un-
inhabi
tedVi
l
lages 633

Househol
ds 83.
58Lakhs

Househol
dsi
ze 4

Popul
ati
on 351.
94Lakhs

Mal
e 177.
04Lakhs

Femal
e 174.
90Lakhs

SexRat
io(
Femal
eper1000Mal
es) 988Rat
io

Densi
tyofPopul
ati
on : 307perSq.

5
 KmDecadal
Growt
hRat
e(2001-
2011)
: 13.
58

Rat
eRur
alPopul
ati
on: 215.
85Lakhs

Rur
alPopul
ati
onMal
e: 107.
97Lakhs

Rur
alPopul
ati
onFemal
e: 107.
88Lakhs

Rur
alPopul
ati
onSexRat
io(
Femal
eper1000Mal
es):

999Rur
alt
oTot
alPopul
ati
on 61.
33%

Ur
banPopul
ati
on 136.
09

Lak
hsUr
banPopul
ati
onMal
e69.
07Lakhs

Ur
banPopul
ati
onFemal
e 67.
02Lakhs

Ur
banPopul
ati
onSexRat
io(
Femal
eper1000Mal
es)
:

970Ur
bant
oTot
alPopul
ati
on 38.
64%

SCPopul
ati
on 54.
33Lakhs

SCPopul
ati
onMal
e 27.
05

Lak
hsSCPopul
ati
onFemal
e27.
28Lakhs

STPopul
ati
on 32.
87Lakhs

STPopul
ati
onMal
e 16.
60

Lak
hsSTPopul
ati
onFemal
e16.
27

Chi
l
dPopul
ati
on(
0-6y
ear
s) 39.
20

Lak
hsChi
l
dPopul
ati
on(
0-6y
ear
s)Mal
e20.
28

Lak
hsChi
l
dPopul
ati
on(
0-6y
ear
s)Femal
e18.
92

Lak
hsChi
l
dtoTot
alPopul
ati
on 11.
14%

Chi
l
dSexRat
io(
Femal
eper1000Mal
es) 933

Li
ter
ates 207.
84Lakhs

Li
ter
atesMal
e 117.
49Lakhs

Li
ter
atesFemal
e 90.
35Lakhs

Li
ter
acyRat
e 66.
46%

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Li
ter
acyRat
eMal
e 74.
95%
Li
ter
acyRat
eFemal
e 57.
92%

Tot
alWor
ker
s 164.
53Lakhs

Mai
nWor
ker
s 138.
06Lakhs

Mar
ginal
Wor
ker
s 26.
47

Lak
hsMember
sofPar
li
ament(
MPs):
17

Member
sofLegi
slat
iveAssembl
y(MLAs):

119Member
sofLegi
slat
iveCounci
l(MLCs)

:
42

Zi
l
laPar
ishadTer
ri
tor
ial
Const
it
uencyMember
s(ZPTCs):
443

Mandal
Par
ishadTer
ri
tor
ial
Const
it
uencyMember
s(MPTCs):

6497

‘
I
ntensi
veHousehol
dSur
vey’

Thetot alpopulat
ionoftheSt at
easpert hesur v
eystandsat3,63,03,012.The
tot
almen’sare1,81,48,088.Thet otalwomen’sare1,80,96,660.Thesurveyfoundt hat16.22
l
akhwomenwer elivingsolit
aryli
feonaccountofei t
herdiv or
ceordeathofthehusbandi nthe
enti
reSt
ate.Another
l
akhwomenar ey ett omar r
yev enaftercr
ossing30year s.Ofthetot
aldesert
ed, unmar r
ied
andwidowedwomen, GHMCar eaalonehasabout2. 50lakhwomeni nit
sli
mi t
s.

I
tal
soreveal
edt hatt hewomenhav etur
nedoutt obet hebreadwi nnersf or18.48lakh
famili
esacrossthe10di str
ictsofTel angana.Thesurveyfoundanot herinteresti
ngaspect
aboutthewomenandt hati s8. 29lakhfamili
esoftheStatehav eonlyonewomani ntheir
famili
es.Accor
dingtotheof fi
cialstat
ist
ics,t
heStatehasat otalof1,01,93,027fami l
ies.Atot
al
of7.11lakhpeoplearesuf feringfrom chroni
cdiseases.Atotalof1,09,00,515houseswer e
surveyedaspartofthepr estigiousheadcounthel don.Ofthet otalsurveyedf amili
es,atotal
of
6,18,
363houseswer efoundl ockedbyt heoffi
cial
s.

Thesurv
eystatedt
hattheStat
ehasthehighestnumberofpeoplefr
om BC
Communit
y.Thetot
alBCpopulati
onstandsat1,
85,61,
856,whi
let
hepopulati
onofSCs
st
andsat78,
12,
858,STsis36,
02,288andminori
typopulat
ioni
s52,
53,710.Thehousehol
d

7
 sur
veyal
sobr
oughtt
ofor
emanyi
nter
est
ingf
act
srel
atedt
oGHMCar
ea.

Thesurveyfoundt hatthetotalnumberofhouseholdsinGHMCl imit

sstandsat19. 43
l
akh.Italsofoundt hatt
heci tyhasat otalofsevenlakhemployees.Thesurveyalsorevealed
thataround13l akhpeoplehav eaccount sinbanksandpostof f
ices.Ofthetot
al households,
aroundf i
velakhdonothav edrinki
ngwat erfaci
l
ityandaredependentonbor ewat ertomeet
thei
rdai l
yneeds.Thecor porati
onalsohas1. 5lakhmi gr
antfamili
esinit
slimit
s.Thesur vey
alsofoundthatabout3l akhf amili
esdonothav et oi
letf
aci
li
tyand11l akhfamil
iesstil
lli
ver ent
houses.

TheStategovernmenthasr
ecentl
yhandedoverdet
ail
softhesurveyt
oallgov
ernment
depart
mentsincludi
ngGHMCf ori
mplementat
ionofvar
iouswelf
areprogr
ammesafter
tabul
ati
ngthem.

Tot
alhousehol
ds:
1,01,
93,
027

Tot
alpopul
ati
on:

3,
63,
37,
160BCs:
1.85cr
ore

SCs:
78l
akh

STs:
36l
akh
Mi
nor
it
ies:
52l
akh

GHMCAREA

No.ofhousehol
ds:
19.
43

l
akhPeopl
ewi
thbanka/
cs:

13l
akh

Househol
dswi
thnot
apwat
er:
5

l
akhMi
grantf
ami
l
ies:
1.5l
akh

Fami
l
iesi
nrent
edhouses:
11

l
akhFami
l
ieswi
thnot
oil
et

f
aci
l
ity
:3l
akhSt
atusofwomen

Di
vor
cedorwi
dowed:
16.
22

l
akhUnmar
ri
ed(
over30y
rs)
:

1.
16l
akhSol
ebr
eadwi
nner
s:

18.
48l
akhSi
ngl
ewoman
8
f
ami
l
ies:
8.29l
akh

|
|HI
STORYOFTELANGANA|
|
Tel angana,asageogr aphical andpol i
ti
calenti
tywasbor nonJune2, 2014ast he29t h
andt hey oungestst atei nUni onofI ndia.Howev er,asaneconomi c,soci
al,cult
ur al and
hist
or i
cal entit
yithasagl orioushi storyofatleasttwot housandf iv
ehundr edy ear sormor e.
Megal it
hicst onestruct ureslikecai r
ns, ci
sts,dol
mensandmenhi rsfoundinsev eral di
str
ict
s
ofTel anganashowt hatt herewer ehumanhabi t
ati
onsi nthispartofthecount ryt housandsof
yearsago.Remnant sofi r onor esmel ti
ngf oundatmanypl acesdemonst ratethehoar yroots
ofartisanshi pandt ool maki nginTel anganaf oratleasttwot housandy ears.Ther efer
enceto
AsmakaJanapada, partofpr esentTel angana,asoneoft he16Janapadasi nanci entIndia
provest hatt hereexistedanadv ancedst ageofsoci et
y.

Oneoft hefi
rstfi
vedi scipl
esoft heBuddha, Kondannai sat ypi
calnamef r
om Telangana
andt hought hereisnoex acti nf
ormat ionabouthi snat i
veplace,theearli
estknownBuddhi st
townshi pofKondapuri nMedakdi st
rictisbeli
ev edt obeaf terhim.TheBuddhahi mself
famousl yacknowl edgedthati twasKondannawhounder stoodhim properly.TheBuddhi st
sour cessayt hatBavari
,aBr ahmi nfrom Badanakur ti i
nKarimnagarsenthi sdi scipl
estoal lt
he
wayt onorthIndiatolear
nBuddhi sm andspr eadt hemessagei nt hi
sregion.Megast henes, who
visit
edI ndiainthe4thcent uryBCE, wr ot
ethatt her ewer e30f ort
ifi
edtownsofAndhr asanda
maj orit
yoft hem wereinTel angana.Int hehistorical age,Telanganahadgi venr isetomi ghty
empi resandki ngdomsl i
ket heSat avahanas, Vakat akas, I
kshvakus,Vishnukundi ns,Chalukyas,
Kakat iy
as, QutbShahisandAsi fJahis.Theemer genceandf l
ouri
shingoft hesepower f
ul
polit
ical f
ormat i
onsisinitselfaproofofexi stenceofast urdyeconomi c,socialandcul t
ur al
structure.

ThusTel anganahasbeenav ibrantsoci alentitybythet i

meoft heBuddhaandcont i
nued
tobesof orthenextt woandahal fmi l
lennia.Endowedwi t
hsuchr ichcult
ural
herit
age,despite
theattempt sbyhi stori
ansandschol arsf r
om Andhr ar egi
ontoobf uscateanderaseit
shistor y,
Telanganaal way sretainedandf oughtforitssel frespectandsel frul
e.Duetotheoffi
cialefforts
toignore,erase,belitt
leandl ookdownTel anganahi st or
yandt urniti
ntoanappendageora
footnote,parti
cularlyduring1956-2014, muchofTel anganahi stor
yiseit
hernotproperl
y
researchedornotr ecordedev enifi
twasst udied.Tel anganaroseagainandsecur edit
spolitical
i
dent i
tynowandi si nthepr ocessofresurrecti
ngi tsowngl or
iouspast.Hereisanattemptto
reconstructthehistoryofTel angana,thewonder fulmusi cali
nstrumentwithathousandst r
ings.

Pr
e-hi
stor
y(Upt
o1000BCE)

Eventhoughextensiveexpl
orat
ionhasnotbeendone,
part
icul
arl
ysubj
ect
edt
oneglect
af
ter1956,thearchaeol
ogicaldepar
tmentundert
heNizams’gov
ernmenthaddonet
remendous

9
 workindiscoveri
ngthetracesofpr e-hi
stor
ical humanhabitat
ionsinTelangana.Thesestudi
es
foundthathumanhabi t
ationsinpar t
sofTel anganacanbeseenf r
om thePaleoli
thicage
consi
stentl
y.Eit
herthesamel ocationsorext endedlocat
ionsshowedpeopl econtinuedtoli
ve
anddev el
opthroughthelaterstagesof
Mesolit
hic,Neolit
hicandMet alages.Excavati
onsdiscoveredst
onetool
s,micr
olit
hs,ci
sts,
dolmens,cairnsandmenhi rs.Allt
hetendistr
ictsofTelanganashowedtheset
racesevenwhena
proper,
scientif
icandoffi
cialresear
chandexcav ati
onshav enotbeendoneandthankstothe
effor
tsofeitherthefi
rstgenerati
onresearchersbefor
e1950sori ndi
vi
dualamateurexpl
orat
ions.

Pr
e-Sat
avahanas(
1000BCE–300BCE)

I
nt hehistori
cal agebegi nni ngf rom 1000BCEt herear esomer efer encesofTel angana
asageogr aphi
cal enti
tyaswel lasTel uguasal ingui sti
cent i
ty,inthecont empor aryBuddhi st
andmy t
hol ogi
caltexts.Howev er,itneedsadet ailedr esearcht odiscov erf ineraspect sand
establisht hestageofdev elopmentofpr e-Satav ahanasoci ety.Thoughtt heof fi
cialresear ch
i
ntot hisaspectwasst all
edf oraboutsi xdecades, someent husiastsli
keThakurRaj aram Si ngh,
BNSast r
yandDrDRaj aReddydi dt heirownpai nst akingexpl orat
ionsandshowedt hatt here
wasaf lour i
shi
ngsoci etybef oret heemer genceoft heSat avahanas.Par ticularlyDrRaj aReddy
provedwi thnumi smat i
cev idencet hatt her ewer er ulersbefor etheSat av ahanaswi t
h
Kotalingalaascapi t
alandi ssuedt heirowncoi ns.I nt heseexcav ati
onst hecoi nsofGobada,
Naarana, Kamv aayaandSamagopawer edi scov eredandatl eastt woot herr ulers’namescame
toli
ght .ThusTel anganahappenst obet hef i
rstr egioni nthesubcont inentt ohav eissuedpunch
-markedcoi nswithev eni nsignia.TheBuddhi sttext saswel lasaccount soff oreignersl i
ke
Magest henesandAr ri
ant alkedaboutt hisr egionashav ingthirt
yforts, manyofwhi chhav et o
beexpl ored.

Sat
avahanas(
250BCE–200CE)

Af terthef al
loft heMaur y
anEmpi re,aroundt het hi
rdcent uryBCt herear oset hef i
rst
si
gnificantki ngdom undert heSatavahanasf r om thi
sregi on.Theear li
estcapi tal oft he
SatavahanaswasKot alingal aandthenmov edt otheotherpopul arcapi t
alsli
kePai thanand
Amar av ati(Dhar ani
kota)onl yaf
tertwocent ur iesoftheirrule.Howev er,thefirstcapi talwas
ei
theri gnor edorbr ushedasi detogivepr omi nencet othel aterplacei ncoast al Andhr a.The
coinsissuedbyt heSat av ahanakingsSi muka( BC231- 208) ,Sir
iSatav ahana, Sat akani I,Satasi
ri,
Satakani I
I,Vasitti
puttaPul umay i
,Vasitti
puttaSat akani andt heirgov ernorswer edi scov eredi n
Kotali
ngal a.Numi smat i
candepi graphicev i
denceshowedt hattheSat av ahanasr uledal arger
areaoft hepeni nsula,withoceansasbor dersont hr
eesi des.LiteraturelikeGat hasapt ashati,
paint
ingl i
keAj antaflourisheddur i
ngt heSat av ahanarule.

Post
-Sat
avahana(
200CE–950CE)

Aft
erthefal
lofSat
avahanasinthethir
dcenturyAD,Tel
ugu-speaki
ngar easwere
div
idedundervar
ioussmallruler
sandti
llt
heemer genceoft
heKakat i
yas,
f oraboutsi
xor
sevencentur
iest
hisfr
agment ati
oncont
inued.Ev
enast hemainst
ream Andhr ahist
ori
ans
maintai
nedthati
twasadar kperiodi
nTelanganahistor
ywit
houtanypolit
icalformati
on,
the
10
 cur
rentr esearchfoundthatTelanganawasr ul
edbyv ar
iouski ngdomsl i
ketheIkshvakus,
Vakat akas,Vishnukundi
ns,Badami Chal
ukyas,Rasht
rakutas,Vemul avadaChalukyas,Kaly
ani
Chaluky as,
Mudi gondaChalukyas,Kandur
iChodasandPol vasady nasty
.Adetail
edr esear
ch
i
ntot hisperiodisyettotakeplace.

Kakat
iyas(
950CE–1323CE)
Thesub- feudatoriesoft heRasht r
akutasemer gedt hemsel vesasi ndependentki ngsandf ounded
theKakat i
yady nast yar ound950ADandt hiski ngdom becamest ronganduni t edwhol eofTelugu
-speaki ngl andsandl ast edf ormor ethant hr eecent uri
esandahal f
.Theki ngdom sawpower ful
kingsl i
keGanapat i
dev a, Rudr adev aandPr atapar udr aaswel lasthefirsteverwomanr uleri
nthe
subcont inentRudr amadev i
.TheKakat i
yasr uledf rom Hanumakondai nt hebegi nningandshi f
ted
theircapi t
al toWar angal later.TheKakat i
yasar eknownf orthei
rirri
gationpubl icwor ks,sculptur
e
andf i
rear t
s.Thankst ot hewel l-plannedi rrigationf acil
it
iesandaper f
ectsy stem ofchai ntanks
tosuitt heundul atingnat ureoft het er
rai
n, theKakat i
yakingdom flouri
shedeconomi call
yleading
tocultur alprogressal so.Env yoft hisaffl
uence, sev eralnei
ghbour i
ngki ngdomsaswel lasDelhi
Sultanat etriedtowagewaronWar angalmanyt imesandf ail
ed.Finall
yi n1323, Del hiarmycoul d
l
aysei zeonWar angal f ortandcapt urePrat apar udra, who,accordingtot helegend, kill
edhi mself
ont hebanksoft heNar madaunwi ll
ingtosur renderwhenhewasbei ngt akenaspr isonerofwar
toDel hi.

Post
-Kakat
iyaI
nter
regnum (
1323–1496)

AfterPrataparudrawasdef eatedbyMal i
kKaf uri
n1323, theKakati
yaki ngdom was
againfragment edwi thlocalgovernorsdeclari
ngi ndependenceandf orabout150y ear s
Telanganawasagai nunderdiff
erentruler
sl i
keMusunur iNayakas,Padmanay akas, Kal i
nga
Gangas, Gajapati
s, andBahmani s.Qutbshahis( 1496-1687)Sul tanQuliQut
bShah, subedarf or
Telanganaundert heBahamani s,withGolcondaashi scapital
,declar
edhisindependencei n
1496andsev ensultansofthisdynastyrulednotonl yTelanganabutt heent
ireTel ugu- speaki
ng
l
andi ncludingpar t
sofpr esentdayMahar ashtraandKar nataka.TheMoghul empi rewagedwar
anddef eatedGol condai n1687andf oraboutt hreedecadesTel anganawasagai nwi tnessed
chaosandf ragment edruler
s.

AsafJahi
s(1724-
1948)

In1712, Emper orFar r

ukhsiyarappoi ntedQamar -ud- dinKhanast hev i
ceroyofDeccan
andgav ehimt het i
tl
eNizam- ul-Mulk.Hewasl at
errecalledt oDelhi,withMubar izKhan
appoi nt
edast hev i
ceroy.I
n1724, Qamar -
ud- dinKhandef eat edMubar izKhanandr eclaimedthe
Deccansuba.I twasest ablishedasanaut onomouspr ovinceoft heMughal empire.Het ookthe
nameAsi fJah, star
tingwhatcamet obeknownast heAsi fJahi dynasty.Henamedt hearea
Hy derabadDeccan.Subsequentr ulersret
ainedt hetit
leNi zam ul -Mulkandwer ecal l
edAsafJahi
NizamsorNi zamsofHy derabad.TheMedakandWar angal divi
sionsofTel anganawer epartof
theirrealm.WhenAsafJahIdi edin1748, therewaspol i
tical unrestduet ocont enti
onf orthe
throneamonghi ssons,whower eai dedbyoppor t
unisti
cnei ghbour i
ngst at
esandcol onial
foreignforces.In1769, Hy derabadci t
ybecamet hefor mal capit
al oftheNizams.

11
 Nasi
r-ud-dawlah,AsafJahIVsignedtheSubsidiaryAll
iancewitht heBr i
ti
shin1799and
l
osti t
scontrol overthestat
e'sdef
enseandf or
eignaffair
s.Hy derabadStat ebecameapr i
ncel
y
stateamongt hepresidenci
esandprovincesofBrit
ishIndia.Atotalofsev enNizam'srul
ed
Hy der
abad.(therewasaper i
odof13y earsaft
ertheruleofAsafJahI ,
whent hreeofhi
ssons
(NasirJung,Muzaf farJungandSalabathJung)ruled.Theywer enotof f
iciall
yrecogni
sedasthe
ruler
s:

 Ni
zam-
ul-
Mul
k,AsafJahI(
MirQamar
-ud-
dinKhan)

 Muz
aff
arJung(
MirHi
day
atMuhi
-ud-
dinSa'
adul
l
ahKhan)

 Sal
abatJung(
MirSa'
i
dMuhammadKhan)

 Ni
zam-
ul-
Mul
k,AsafJahI
I(Mi
rNi
zam Al
iKhan)

 Si
kanderJah,
AsafJahI
II(
MirAkbarAl
iKhan)

 Nasi
r-
ud-
Daul
a,AsafJahI
V(Mi
rFar
qundaAl
iKhan)

 Af
zal
-ud-
Daul
a,AsafJahV(
MirTahni
yat
hAl
iKhan)

 AsafJahVI(
MirMahbubAl
iKhan)

 AsafJahVI
I(Mi
rOsmanAl
iKhan)

Post
-i
ndependence

WhenI ndiabecamei ndependentf rom theBritishEmpi r

ei n1947, Hy der abadremai ned
anindependentpr i
ncelyst atef oraperi
odof13mont hs.Thepeasant sofTel anganawagedan
armedst ruggletoliberatet her egi
on.Scor esofpeopl elostt heirli
v esint
hear medst ruggl
e.
Thepr i
vatemi l
iti
anamedRazakar s,undert heleadershipofQasi m Razwi unl eashedt errorin
thestatebyr esorti
ngt oloot ingandmur der.On17Sept ember1948, theIndiangov ernment
conductedami li
taryoper ationcalledOper ati
onPol ot obringHy derabadst atei ntotheIndian
Union.Itappointedaci vilser vant,M.K.Vel l
odi,asfi
rstchi efmi nisterofHy der abadSt ateon26
January1950.I n1952, Dr .Bur gulaRamakr i
shnaRaowasel ectedchi efmi nisteroft he
HyderabadSt ateini t
sf i
rstdemocr ati
cel ecti
on.Duringt hi
st ime, therewasanagi tati
onby
l
ocalsint hestatetoensur epr operrepresentationwasgi v
ent ol ocals
(mulkis)ofHy derabad.

Fi
rstTel
anganaMov
ement

Inearly1950s, peopl
eofTelanganar egi
oninHy derabadstate,st
artedor
ganizing
themselveswithademandf orseparatestate.I
n1953t heIndiangovernmentappointedthe
Stat
esReor ganizat
ionCommi ssi
on(SRC)t olooki
nt ovari
ousstatehooddemandsi nt he
countr
y.TheCommi ssionwasheadedbyFazal Al
i
, Kaval
am Madhav aPanikkarandH. N.
KunzruTheSRCt ouredt hewholecountr
yt oseekrepresentat
ionsfrom vari
oussecti
onsofthe
societ
y.PeopleofTel anganaregionsubmittedseveralmemor andumst otheSRCand

12
 expressedt heirwishtoconst it
uteTelanganaasasepar atestate.
Telanganaint ell
ectual
ssuchasl ateProfJayashankarandpol i
ti
calleaderssuchasSr iHCHeda,
SriKondaVenkatRangaReddygav ememor andumscont aini
nghi st
oric,pol
it
ical
,economic,
socialandcul turalj
usti
fi
cat i
onsforcreati
ngtheTelanganast ate.TheCommi ssi
onsubmi t
ted
i
tsr epor
ton30Sept ember1955, andrecommendedf ormat i
onofTel anganastate.Duri
ngthe
periodbetween1955Sept emberand1956Nov ember,thepeopl eofTel anganalauncheda
seri
esofpr otestsdemandi ngstatehoodbyimpl ementi
ngt heSRCr ecommendat i
ons.But
i
ntensel obbyingbyl eader
sf rom Andhr ast
ateinNew
Delhir
esul
tedinthemer gerofTel anganaregi
oninAndhrastatetofor
mtheAndhr aPradesh
st
ate.Tel
anganaleadersinsistedonaGent lemen’
sAgreementbeforethemergercouldtake
pl
ace.Theagreementwassi gnedbyAndhr aandTelanganaleader
sandprovi
dedsaf eguards
wi
ththepurposeofpreventingdi scr
iminati
onagai
nstTelanganabytheAndhr
a
l
eaders.
Howev er
,theagreementwasv i
olat
edfr
om dayonebyt heAndhral
eaders.

1969Tel
anganaAgi
tat
ion

Non-implement
ationofGent lemen’
sAgreementandcont i
nueddi
scri
minati
onto
Telanganaregioningov er
nmentjobs, educati
onandpublicspendi
ngr esul
tedi
nthe1969
statehoodagitat
ion.InJanuar
y1969, st
udentsint
ensi
fi
edt heprot
estsforaseparat
estate.On
19Januar y,al
lpartyaccordwasr eachedtoensuretheproperimplementati
onofTelangana
safeguards.Accord'smainpoint
swer e

1)Al
lnon-Tel
anganaemploy
eeshol
dingpost
sreser
vedf
orTel
anganal
ocal
swi
l
lbe
tr
ansf
erredimmediat
ely
.

2)
Tel
anganasur
pluseswi
l
lbeusedf
orTel
anganadev
elopment
.

3)
Appeal
toTel
anganast
udent
stocal
lof
fagi
tat
ion.

Butt heprotestsf urtherintensifi

ed, asmor eandmor estudent sandempl oyeesj oi nedt he
statehoodmov ement .Policefiri
ngonpr otest ersl edt othedeat hofabout369y oungst er s
duringt hi
sphaseoft heagi tat
ion.ThenPr imeMi nisterIndiraGandhi call
edf orahi gh-level
meet ingtodiscusst hest atehoodi ssue.Af tersev eralday soft alkswi t
hl eadersofbot hr egions,
on12Apr il1969, thePr i
meMi nisterdev elopedanEi ghtPointPl an.Sr iM.ChennaReddy ,
foundedt heTel anganaPr ajaSami t
hi (TPS)pol i
tical partyin1969t ospear headt hest atehood
mov ement .Mr s.IndiraGandhi hadcal ledsnappar l
iament aryelect i
onsi nMar ch1971.I nt hese
parli
ament aryelect i
ons, TelanganaPr ajaSami thi won10outt he14Par liamentseat sin
Telangana.Howev er,IndiraGandhi ’
sCongr ess( R)Par t
yscor edal andsli
dev ictoryonapl atfor
m
ofpr ogressiv
epol iciessuchaspov ertyelimi nation( Gari
bi Hatao) .Shewasr eluct anttoaccept
theTel anganast atehooddemandatt hatjunct ure.Sr iM ChennaReddyt henmer gedTPSi n
Congr ess(R)par ty,afterformul ati
ngaSi x-PointFor mul atosaf eguar dTel angana’ si nt
er est s.
Thest atehoodmov ementcont inuedunt il1973, butsubsi dedl ater.

Fi
nal
Tel
anganaMov
ement

13
 Sincemi d1990s, t
hepeopl eofTel anganast ar
tedor ganizi
ngthemsel v esunderv ari
ous
organizati
onswi t
hademandf orsepar atestat
eofTel angana.I n1997, thestateunitofthe
BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)passedar esol
utionseekingasepar ateTel angana.Thoughthe
partycreatedthestatesofJhar khand, Chhatti
sgarh,andUt tar
akhandi n2000, i
tdidnotcreate
asepar ateTelanganastateciti
ngr esistanceofitscoaliti
onpar t
ner,Tel uguDesam Par t
y.Sri
KalvakuntlaChandrashekarRao( KCR) ,whowast hent heDeput ySpeakerofAPSt ate
assembl y,hadstart
edbackgr oundwor konTel anganai ssueinear l
y2000.Andaf terdet
ail
ed
discussionsanddel i
berat
ionswi thapl ethor
aofTel anganai ntell
ectuals,KCRannouncedt he
l
aunchofTel anganaRashtraSami thi
onMay17t h2001.KCRhadr esignedt othe
postofDeput
ySpeakerandMLAbef or
elaunchingtheTelanganaRashtr
aSamit
hi
part
y.Pr
ofJayashankar
,thei
deol
ogueofstatehoodmov ementextendedhi
ssuppor
t
to

KCR.I n2004, TRSent eredi ntoapol l all

iancewi thCongr esspar t
y .Thepar tywon26MLAsand
5MPsandent eredi ntobot ht heAPst ateandI ndi angov ernment .Tel anganai ssuef ounda
placei nUPA- 1CommonMi nimum Pr ogr am.St atehoodi ssuewasal soment ionedbyPr esident
Abdul Kal am andPr imeMi nist erManmohanSi nghi nt heirspeeches.TRSpr esidentKCR, was
i
nitiallyal lot t
edt heShi ppingpor tfolio.Butanot herUPAal lyDMKdemandedShi ppingpor tfoli
o
andt hreat enedt owal koutoft hecoal i
tion, i
fitsdemandwasnotmet ,KCRv ol untari
ly
reli
nqui shedt heShi ppingpor tfoliot osav et hef ledgl ingUPA- 1gov ernment .KCRr emai nedasa
UnionMi nisterwi thoutpor tfolio, bef or ebei nggi vent heLabourandEmpl oy mentpor tfolio.As
theUPAgov ernmentcont inuedt odi lly-dallyont hedecadesol ddemandf orTel anganast ate,
KCRr esi gnedt ohi smi nistryin2006.WhenaCongr essl eadermadeabel ittl
ingst atementon
thest atehoodmov ementi nSept ember2006, KCRr esi gnedt otheKar i
mnagarLokSabhaseat
andwoni twi t
hat humpi ngmaj or i
ty .Themassi v emaj or i
tyachi ev edbyKCRi nt hatelect ion
prov edt hest r
ongst atehoodaspi rat ionsi nther egi on.I nApr i
l2008, TRSpar tyMLAsr esi gned
alsowal kedoutoft hest ategov ernmenti npr otestagai nstt hedel ayi nTel anganaf ormat ion.
But, TRScoul dr etainonl y7MLAand2LokSabhaseat si nt hisby -election.I n2009el ect ions,
TRSal l
iedwi thTDP, CPIandCPM par ties.Thegr andal l
iancedi dnoty ieldt hedesi r
edr esul t,as
thePr o-Tel anganav otegotspl itbet weenTRS, Congr ess, PRPandBJP.I nt heend, TRScoul d
winonl y10MLAseat sand2MPseat s.I ntensify i
ngt hemov ementOnNov29t h,2009, KCRhad
announcedani ndef ini
tehungerst rikedemandi ngst atehoodt oTel angana.Butenr out e, the
statepol icehadar r
est edhi m andsentt oKhammam sub- jail.Themov ementspr eadl i
ke
wildfirewi thstudent s,empl oy ees, peopl es’ organi zat ionspl ungingi nt oit.Int henext10day s,
thewhol eofTel anganar egioncamet oast andst ill.Thest at egov ernment , headedbySr iK
Rosai ahhadcal l
edf oranal l-par tymeet i
ngon7t hDecember .Leader sofTDPandPRPpar t
ies
promi sedt hatt heywoul dsuppor taTel anganast atehoodr esolutioni fitwast abledi nt hest ate
Assembl y.AsKCR’ sheal thwasdet er ioratingv er yf ast ,onDec9t h2009, theUPAgov er nment
announcedt hatt hepr ocessofst at ehoodf orTel anganawoul dbei ni t
iated.Butwi thi
n2weeks,
resistancef r
om Seemandhr aleader shi pr esultedi nUPAbackt r
acki ngont hisissue.KCRt hen
broughtal lpoli
tical forcesi nTel anganar egiont oget hert of ormt heTel anganaJAC–an
umbr ellabodyofsev eral organi zat ionsandpar ti
es, wi thPr ofKodandar am asi tsChai r
man.TRS
cadr eandl eader sact i
v el
ypar ticipat edi nsev eral agi tat i
onsandpr otest slaunchedbyTJAC.

14
St
ateFor
mat
ion

After4yearsofpeacefulandi
mpactfulpr
otests,theUPAgov ernmentstartedthest
atehood
processinJuly2013andconcludedtheprocessbypassingt hestatehoodbill
inbot
hhouses
ofParli
amentinFeb2014.I nt
heGeneralElect
ionsheldinApr i
l2014,TelanganaRashtr
a
Sami t
hiemergedv i
ctor
iousbywinni
ng63oft he119seat sandf or
medt hegov er
nment.Sri
K
ChandrashekarRaowasswor ninastheFirstChiefMini
sterofTelangana.TheTelangana
st
at ewasinaugurat
edf or
mall
yonJune2nd2014.

Tel
anganaTi
mel
i
ne:
Abi
rd'
sey
e-v
iewi
ntot
he

f
ormat
ionofI
ndi
a'
s29t
hst
ate
Thebirthofthest at
eofTelanganahasseensev eralupsanddowns, promi
sesand
backtr
ackings.Thef i
rstmajormov ementforseparat
eTelanganastatewaswitnessedin1969
whichwentonf oroverfourdecades.However,t
hemov ementgainedmoment um aftert
hetur
n
ofthelastcenturywiththelastf
ewy earsbeingthemostactiv
e.

 1953:AndhraPr
adeshcar
vedoutofMadr
aspr
ovi
nceaf
terPot
tiSr
eer
amul
udi
esdur
ing
hungerst
ri
ke

 1956:
Tel
anganar
egi
onofHy
der
abadst
atemer
gedwi
thAndhr
aPr
adesh.

 1969:Over350Tel
anganapr
otest
erskil
l
edinpoli
cef
ir
ing.Movementcoll
apsesaft
er
Marri
ChannaReddymergeshi
sTelanganaPraj
aSamit
iPartywit
hCongressandIndi
ra
Gandhimakeshi
m CM

 2001:
For
mat
ionofTel
anganaRasht
raSami
tibyK.Chandr
asekharRao

 2004:
YSRj
oinshandswi
thRao,
promi
singsepar
ateTel
angana,
lat
erpul
l
sout
.Al
l
TRSMLAsr
esign.

 Dec.9,2009:Homemini
sterChidambar
am i
nit
iat
es“
process”ofTel
angana.Seeks
consul
tati
onswit
hst
akeholder
s.

 Jan.28,
2010:
Sri
kri
shnaCommi
tt
eef
ormedt
ohol
dconsul
tat
ionsonTel
angana.

 Feb.3,2010:Cent
reconst
it
utesafi
ve-memberexpertcommi
tt
eeonTel
anganai
ssue
headedbyf or
merSupremeCourtJudgeB.N.Sr
ikr
ishna.

 Dec.30,
2010:Srikr
ishnaCommit
teesubmi
tsrepor
t.Homemi ni
ster
Chi
dambaram seeksopini
onofal
lpar
ti
esonthecommi t
tee'
sreport
.

 Jul
y4,
2011:
Massr
esi
gnat
ionsbyTel
anganaMLAsandMPsov
erTel
angana.
15
  June2,2013:
TwoCongr
essMPsandformerPCCchi
efK.Kesav
aRaoj
oinTRS
prot
est
ingdel
ayi
nfor
mati
onofTel
angana.

 Jul
y30,2013:
CWCadopt
sresol
uti
ont
ocr
eat
eTel
angana.AI
CCannouncesdeci
sion
tocr
eat
eTelangana.

 Oct
.3,
2013:
Uni
onCabi
netappr
ovespr
oposal
ofbi
fur
cat
ionofAndhr
aPr
adesh.Gr
oupof
Mi
nist
ersf
ormed.

 Dec.5,2013:
Uni
onCabi
netappr
ovest
heAndhr
aPr
adeshReor
gani
sat
ion(
Draf
t)Bi
l
l
pr
eparedbytheGoM.

 Dec.12,2013:
AndhraPradeshReorganisat
ion(
Draf
t)Bill
sentt
oAndhr
aPr
adesh
Legi
slat
ureSecret
ari
atbyPresi
dentwith43daystoeli
citvi
ews.

 Jan.30,
2014:
Andhr
aPr
adeshAssembl
yrej
ect
stheBi
l
lthr
oughaResol
uti
onbyv
oice
vote

 Feb.18,2014:Tel
anganaBil
lpassedinLokSabhat
hroughav
oicev
oteami
d
prot
eststhatst
all
edbothhousesseveral
times.

 June2,
2014:
Indi
a’
s29t
hst
ate,
Tel
anganacomesi
ntoexi
stence

|
|TELANGANALANGUAGE,
ART&CULTURE|
|
CULTURE:
'
Sout hofNor t
handNor thofSout h,’
TelanganaSt atehasl ongbeenameet i
ngpl acef ordiver
se
l
anguagesandcul tures.Itiseasil
ythebestexampl eforIndia’scomposi tecul t
ure,plurali
sm
andinclusi
v eness.Locat edont heuplandsofDeccanpl ateau,Tel anganai st heli
nkbet weenthe
NorthandSout hofI ndia.Itisthusnosur pri
sethatt heregionont hewhol ecamet obeknown
fori
tsGanga-JamunaTehzeebandt hecapi t
alHy derabadasa‘ miniatureIndia!
’.Geogr aphy,
Poli
tyandEconomyoft her egiondeterminedthecul tureofTel angana.Sat avahanas, the
earl
iestknownr ulersofther egionsowedt heseedsofi ndependentandsel f-suffi
cientv i
ll
age
economy ,ther eli
csofwhi chcanbef elteventoday .Inthemedi evaltimes, theKakat i
y a
dynasty'
srul e,betweent he11t hand14t hcenturi
eswi t
hWar angal ast heircapit
al,and
subsequent l
yt heQut ubShahi sandAsaf jahi
s,whor ul
edt heHy der abadst atedef i
nedt he
cult
ureofther egion.

ARTFORMS:

Somecl
assicalar
tformsrecei
vedt
heroy
al pat
ronageandatt
ainedf
inesse.However
,thear
t
for
msoftheinnumerabl
ecommuniti
esspreadacrossthel
engthandbreadthoft
heStategi
ve
16
 Tel
anganai
tsdi
sti
ncti
dent
it
y.

Whi letheKakatiyarul
el edtoevol
utionofdancef or
mssuchasPer iniSi
vatandavam,al
soknown
as‘ danceofwar ri
ors’
,thecommoner s,
facedwi t
hthechallengesofdail
ylif
edev el
oped
traditi
onsofstory-tel
l
ingcoupledwi thsolut
ionstoti
deov erthem t
hroughGol l
aSuddulu,Oggu
Kat haluandGot r
aluetc.
Sev eralartf
ormsl i
keabov emingl
edandnewf or
msemer ged.Theubi qui
tous‘Dhoom Dham’ i
s
onesuchev olv
edandcomposi teartform.Theygenerall
ywer eaboutthestruggl
eand
expl oi
tati
on.Peopleadopt edt
heoldsensi bi
l
iti
esoftheatr
eandar tchangingthecontentasper
thecaseandpl ace.

Av ari
antofYakshagana, Chi
nduBhagav atham i
sper formedwi delyacrossTelangana.Iti
sa
theaterartfor
mt hatcombinesdance,musi c,di
alogue,costume, make-up,andstage
techniqueswithauniquestyleandfor
m.Thewor d‘Chindu’i
nTel ugumeans‘ j
ump’ .Astheir
presentationi
sinter
spersedwithl
eapsandj umps,itgainedthenameofChi nduBhagav atam.
Mostoft hest
oriesnarr
atedarefr
om ‘Bhagav at
am’ .Qawali,GhazalsandMushai rasevolved
undert hepatr
onageofQut ubShahiandt heAsafjahiruler
sinandar oundt hecapitalci
tyof
Hy derabad.

FESTI
VALS:

TheHinduf est
ival
slikeUgadi
,Srir
amaNav ami,Bonalu,
VinayakaChat
urt
hi,Dasar
a,
Deepavali
,Sankrant
i,Holi
,Mahashivar
atr
iarecelebr
atedwithpomp,gai
etyanddevot
ion.
Dasaraisthemai nfesti
valwi
ththeepit
het‘peddapanduga.

Bat hukamma, apar tofDasar afesti

vi
ti
es,isuniquet oTel angana.Thiscolourfulfest
ivalhas
hist
oric,ecol
ogical,societ
al andrel
igi
oussignifi
cance.Womencl adinglit
teri
ngcost umesand
j
ewel l
erycarrybeaut if
ull
ystackedBathukammaswi t
hflowerslikeTangedu, Gunugu, Chamanti
andot herstothev i
llageorst r
eet’
smeet i
ngpoint .Maki ngcircl
esaroundtheassembl ed
Bathukammas, womenf ol
kr eci
tesongsinagr oup.Thesongshav etheirr
oot sinPuranas, Hi
stor
y
andev eninther ecentpoliti
calandsocialdevelopment soft heparti
cularr
egion.Thef ete
culminatesinSaddul aBat hukammawher ethev i
llagersimmer setheflowerst acksinthenearby
tanksandl akes.

17
18
BonaluisaHi nduFest ival,
celebrat
eddur i
ngt heTelugumont hofAshadam ( tr
ansl at
est o
June/JulyofGr egori
ancal endar)wher einGoddessMahakal ii
swor shi
ped.Thef est i
val i
salso
consideredat hanksgi vi
ngt otheGoddessf orf ul
fil
l
ingthedesiresofdevotees.Aspar tofthe
fest
ival,
Boj anam orMeal i
sofferedtot hepr esi
dingMot herGoddess.Womenpr eparer i
ce
cookedwi thMi lk,Jagger yinaBrassorEar thenPotador nedwi t
hNeem Leav es,Tur mer i
c,
Vermili
onput tingaLi ghtedDi yaont opoft heGhat am.Ani mpor t
antpartofthefest i
val i
s
Rangam ( prophecy )
.Womenst andingat opofanear t
henpot‘invokes’
goddessMahankal ionto
herandt urnsanOr acle.NextisGhat tam.Acopperpoti sdecor atedi
nthef orm ofMot her
Goddess.

19
TheGhat t
am iscar ri
edbyapr i
estandistakeninprocessionaccompaniedby‘ Pot
hurajus’
andmusicalinstr
ument sli
ketrumpetsanddr umsfortheimmer si
on.Pothurajusare
consi
deredthebrot herofMotherGoddessandar erepresentedbywel
l-buil
t,bare-
bodiedmen,
weari
ngasmal l
tightlydr
apedreddhotiandbellsonankleswi t
htur
mer i
conbodi esand
ver
mili
onont heforeheads.

20
 RAMZAN

Whi l
eRamzani sthemainf
esti
val
ofMuslims,Moharr
am tooiscel
ebratedonal
argescal
ein
Telangana.I
tisknownfamousl
yas‘peer
lapanduga.
’PirmeansMaster.ManyHi
ndustakeparti
n
thefesti
val
.

Chir
sti
ans,
mainlyi
nandar
oundHy
der
abadcel
ebr
ateChr
ist
masandGoodFr
idaywi
thgr
eat
fer
vorandrel
i
giosi
ty.

ARTSANDCRAFTS:

Tel
anganai
sagr
eatpl
acef
orar
tsandcr
aft
swi
thmanyast
oundi
nghandi
craf
ts.

Bi
dri
Craf
t:

Theuniqueartofsi
lverengravedonmet al
.Black,gol
dandsilv
ercoat
ingsareappli
edonthi
s.I
t
i
nvolvesvar
iousseveralst
agesl i
kecasti
ng,engravi
ng,i
nlay
ingandoxidi
zing.Thenameofthi
s
artformisderivedfrom at owncal l
edBidar( curr
ent
lypartofKarnataka)oftheerst
whil
e
Hyderabadstat
e.

Banj
araNeedl
eCr
aft
s:

Banj
araNeedl
eCr af
tsarethet
radi
tional
handmadefabr
icsmadebyBanj
aras(t
hetri
bal
Gypsi
es)i
nTelangana.I
tisaform ofembroi
der
yandmirrorwor
konfabr
icsemploy
ingt
he
21
 needl
ecr
aft
.

Dokr
aMet
alCr
aft
s:

DhokraorDokr
aisal
soknownasbel
lmet
alcr
aftandi
swi
del
yseeni
nJai
noorMandal
,
Ushegaonand
Chit
talbor
iinAdil
abaddist
ri
ct.Thetri
balcraftproducesobject
sli
kef i
guri
nes,t
ri
balgods,et
c.
Thewor kconsi
stsoffolkmotif
s,peacocks,elephants,hor
ses,measuri
ngbowl,lampcaskets
andothersi
mpleartfor
msandt radi
ti
onaldesi
gns.

Ni
rmal
Art
s:

Ther enownedNi rmaloil

painti
ngsusenatural
dy esfordepicti
ngthemesfrom t
heepi cssuch
asRamay anaandMahabhar ata.Al
so,thewoodpai nti
ngsandot herwoodenart
icl
es,hasgr eat
aestheti
cexpr essi
on.Theorigi
noftheNirmalcraftistracedbacktotheKakat
iyaera.The
motifsusedf orNirmalcraf
tarefl
oral
designsandf rescoesfrom t
heregi
onsofAjantaand
Ell
oraandMughal miniat
ures.

Br
onzeCast
ings:

Tel
anganaisf
amousworld-
widef
oritsamazingBronzecasti
ngs.Whi
leusingsoli
dcast
ingof
i
cons,t
hemouldiscr
eat
edusingseveral
coatingsofdi
ff
erentcl
aysonafinishedwaxmodel.
Thi
sprocesst
henimpar
tsfi
necurvestothecastimage.

|
|STATESYMBOLS|
|
TheTel
anganagov
ernmenthasannouncedt
hef
oll
owi
ngf
ouri
consf
ort
henewSt
ate:

1. TheSt
ateBi
rd-Pal
api
tt
a(I
ndi
anRol
l
erorBl
ueJay
).

2. TheSt
ateAni
mal
-Ji
nka(
Deer
).

3. TheSt
ateTr
ee-Jammi Chet
tu(
Prosopi
sCiner
ari
a)
4. TheSt
ateFl
ower-Tangedu(
Tanner
’sCassi
a).

Theseiconsrefl
ectthecul
tur
eandtr
adi
ti
onofTelanganastat
eandt hr
eeofthem -Tangedu
fl
owers,BlueJayandJammi Chet
tu-ar
eassoci
atedwi t
hthepopularf
est
ival
sofBatukamma
andDasara.Whi l
eTangedufl
ower
sareusedinstacki
ngofBatukammas,spotti
ngtheBlueJay
onDasarai sconsi
deredagoodomenandpeopleworshipJammi Chet
tuonthatday.

22
Pal
api
tt
a:

Lor
dRamaspot tedt
hePalapi
tt
abefor
einvadi
ngLankaandv
anqui
shedRav
ana.Pal
api
tt
a
hasbeenchosentoputTel
anganaonthepathofv
ict
ory

23
 Ji
nka:

Deerisdeeplyassoci
atedwi
thIndi
anhist
oryandar ef
erencetothi
sgr aceful
animalwas
ther
einthegr eatepi
cRamayana.I
tcansurviv
eint hesmal l
estf
orestsalso.I
trefl
ect
sthe
mindsetofthepeopleofTel
anganaasiti
sv erysensit
iveandinnocent.

Jammi
Chet
tu:

Pandav
ashadv anqui
shedalar
gearmyofKauravasonl
yaf
terperf
ormi
ngworshi
ppingt
he
Jammi Chet
tu.Theyhadhi
ddenthei
rweaponsonaJammi Chett
uwhentheyhadbeenfor
ced

24
i
ntoexi
l
eint
hef
orest
s.Now,
Tel
anganar
equi
rest
hebl
essi
ngsoft
heJammi
Chet
tu.

25
TangeduFl
ower
:

Tangedufl
owerwhi
chi
susedduri
ngt
heBat
ukammaf
est
ival
bywomenf
olki
sthemost
appropr
iat
echoi
ceast
hest
atefl
ower
.

|
|ALLABOUTDI
STRI
CTSOFTELANGANA|
|

ADI
LABAD:
Adil
abadder ivesitsnamef r
om t heerst
whilerulerofBi j
apur,MohammedAdi lShah.Thedi st
ri
ct
i
swor ldfamousf ori
tsNirmal toymaking&Dhokr acasting.Thedi str
ictwassi t
uatedbetween
77°47'and80°E, oftheeasternlongit
udesand18. 40'and19.56N' ,ofnorthernlat
itudes.The
dist
ri
ctisboundedonnor thbyYeot mal andChandadi str
ictofMahar ashtr
a,ont heeastby
Chandadi str
ict,
ont hesouthbyKar imnagarandNi zamabaddi str
ictsandont hewestby
Nandeddi str
ictofMahar ashtraStat
e.Thedi str
icthaspopul ati
onof27, 41,
239aspert he2011
censuswhi chaccount sf
or7. 79%oft hetot
al populati
onoft heStat ewith10.18%decadal
growth.

26
 Hi
stor
ical
Backgr
ound

Thedistri
ctderi
vesitsnamef rom Adil
abad,it
sheadquarter
stownwhichwasnamedaf t
erthe
rul
erofBijapur
,AliAdilShah.Thedistr
ictwasforlongnotahomogeneousuni
tandi t
s
componentpar t
swer er ul
edatdiff
erentperi
odsbynastiesnamel
y,theMaur
yas,Staavahanas,
Vakatakas,Chal
udy asofBadami,Rashtrakut
uts,
ChalukyasofKal
yani,
Mughal
s,BhosleRajesof
NagpurandAsafJahi s,
besidestheGondRaj asofSir
purandChanda.

Agr
icul
tur
e

Thesouther npartofthedi
str
ictconsi
sti
ngofNi r
mal,Luxet
tipet,Khanapurandsurr
ounding
mandalsisf ai
rl
ydev el
opedagri
cultur
all
y,owi
ngtotheav ai
labil
i
tyofirri
gati
onfaci
l
iti
esthere.
Thetotalcroppedareaofthedistr
icti
s5.93lakhhectareswhichconst i
tut
e37%oft hetotal
geographicalar
ea.Thepr i
nci
palcropsofthedist
ri
ctareJowar ,paddy,Cott
on,Wheat,Maize,
Chil
l
ies,SugarcaneandSoy .

Tour
ism

Thereisahighestwaterfallsi
tuatedatKunt al
a(V)ofNeradigondamandal ,Pot cher
aWat er
fal
l
atPochara(V)ofBoathmandal ,theonlyonehol ypi
lgr
imageofSar aswathi t
empl eatBasar
wherethethousandsofpi lgri
magesar ev i
siti
ngeveryday.TheKaddam Pr ojectisanexisti
ng
majorproj
ectacrossriv
erKaddam, atr
ibutaryofGodavarinearPeddur(V),Kaddam ( M),
Adil
abadDistri
ct.Theprojectisenv i
sagedt oir
ri
gateanay acutof68,000Ac.Khar if
f.The
Kaddam Projecthasbeeni ntegratedwit
hSr ir
amasagarPr oj
ect.Thereservoirbeing
supplementedthroughSriramasagarPr oj
ect ,
Saraswathi
Canal tostabil
i
zet helocali
zedayacut
.

Templ
es

Basar
aTempl ei
ssituated150Kmsf rom Adi
l
abad, AdilabadDist
ri
ct,Sr
iGyanaSar aswathi
templ
eatBasaraont hebanksofr iv
erGodavariistheonl yt
empleinSouthIndiadedicat
ed
totheGoddessoflearning.Thelegendhasitt hataftertheMahabharatawar ,sageVyas
embarkedonapi l
gri
magei nsearchofpeace.Her eachedtheserenekumar anchal
ahill
s
onthebanksofri
verGodav ari
and
meditatedandpr opi
ti
atedtheGoddesswhoev entual
lyappearedbefor
ehim andgr antedher
presenceintheform ofthedivi
netri
nit
y.TheGoddessor der
edthesagetopl acethreehandf ul
of
sandatt hr
eeplaceseveryday.Mir
aculousl
ythesesanddunest r
ansfor
medi nt
othei dolsofthe
divi
netrini
tyi
.e.
,Saraswathi
,Lakshmi,&Kali
.Thesearet hepr
esidi
ngdeit
iesofBasart oday.
Despitethepresenceofthetri
nit
y,t
het empl
eisdedicatedtoGoddessSar aswathi
.

Hi
l
ls&Ri
ver
s

Themosti mportantri
vert hatdrainst
hedist
ri
ctistheriverGodav
ari
.ThePengange,t he
War dha,and t he Pranahit
a com nexti mpor
tance.The Kadam and the Peddavagu are
tr
ibutari
esoft heGodav ari
.
Besidest hese,therearealsor i
vuletsl
i
ketheSatnal
a,theSwarnavagu,andt heSuddavagu

27
 whichdr ainthedistr
ict.TheGodav ar
iwhichist helargestri
verinpeninsul
arIndiaraisesi nthe
westernGhat satTrimbakeshwarnearNasi kinMahar ast
rastateandenterst hi
sdist r
ictnear
BasarainMudhol eTal uk.Thismightyri
verformst heboundar yofthedistr
ictsepar ati
ngt he
dist
ri
ctfr om NizamabadandKar imnagardistr
ictsandski r
tsthesouthernbor der
sofChennur ,
Luxett
ipet ,Khanaapur,NirmalandMudhol eeast-whi l
etaluks.ThePengangaf ormspar tof
thenorther nboundaryoft hedist
ri
cti
nAdi l
abad.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq. 16.
1 Census2011
Km
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 27,
41,
239 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 13,
69,
597 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 13,
71,
642 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 7,
60,
259 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 19,
80,
980 Census2011

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 10.
18 Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 170 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 61.
01 Census
2011
Mal
e % 70.
81 Census2011

Femal
e % 51.
31 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 27.
734138 Census2011

HYDERABAD:
Hyderabad,the capi
talci
tyofTelangana consi
sts oft
he t
win ci
ti
es ofHyder
abad and
Secunderabadandisabustli
ng400-
year-
oldmet r
opol
iswi
thanurbanpopul
ati
onof6milli
on
peopl
eappr oxi
mately
.
Hy derabadi sfamousast hef ormerseatoft hefabulouslywealthyNizamsofHy derabad.Buil
t
ont hebanksoft her i
verMusi ,andsurroundedbyhugepr ehi
stori
crockformat i
onslikepetri
fi
ed,
grayel ephants.Thedi str
ictissit
uatedbet ween77°30' and79°30' E,oftheeasternlongit
udes
and16°30' and18°20' N,ofnor t
hernlati
tudes.Theboundar i
esofHy der
abaddi str
ictare
Nal gondadi st
rict
,Mahaboobnagardi stri
ct,KarnatakastateandMedakdi str
icti
ntheEast ,South,
WestandNor thdirecti
onsr especti
vel
y .Thedistri
cthaspopul ati
onof39, 43,
323aspert he2011
censuswhi chaccount sfor11. 20%oft hetotalpopulati
onoft heStatewith2.97%decadal
growt h.

28
Gol
condaFor
t

Golcondaisoneofthemostfamousf ort
sofIndia.Thenamecomesf rom theTeluguwor ds
"Goll
aKonda"meaning"Shepherd'
sHi l
l"
.Golcondawasor i
ginal
lyamudf ort
,whichwasr ebuil
t
bythefir
stthr
eeQutubShahikingsov eraperiodof62y ears.Thefortiswel l
knownf ori
ts
i
ngeniouswatersuppl
ysystem andacoust i
csamongot herattr
acti
onsl i
kethepalacesandt he
famousFatehRahbengun.Theexcl usiveSound&Li ghtShowt akesy ourightbackinti
me.

29
Bi
rl
aMandi
r

Birl
aMandi risaHi ndutempl e,
builtona280f eet(85m)hi ghhi
ll
ockcalledNaubat hPahadon
a13acr es(53,000m2)pl ot.Theconst ruct
iont ook10y earsandwasconst ructedi n1976by
Swami Ranganat hanandaofRamakr ishnaMi ssion.Thetempl ewasconst ructedbyBi r
la
Foundation,
whi chhasalsoconst r
uct edsev eralsimil
artemplesacrossIndi a,
all ofwhichare
knownasBi rl
aMandi r
.Thiscompl etelywhitemar bl
etempleofLor di
sbui ltont hehi l
l
ock,t
he
KalaPahad.Thet emplehasexquisitesculpturedandcar v
edceili
ng.Thet empl el ooksdownon
HussainSagarLakeandi sill
uminatedatni ght.

30
Char
minar

TheChar minar,builti
n1591CE, i
samonumentandmosquel ocatedi
nHy derabad,Telangana,
India.Thelandmar khasbecomeagl obal i
conofHy derabad,listedamongt hemostr ecognized
structuresofIndi a.
TheChar minarissit
uatedont heeastbankofMusi ri
ver.Tothewestl iesthe
LaadBazaar ,andt othesout hwestli
esther i
chlyornament edgr ani
teMakkahMasj id.The
Engl i
shnamei sat ranslat
ionandcombi nationoftheUr duwor dsChārandMi nar,
translat
ingto
"FourTower s"t heepony moust owersar eornateminaretsattachedandsuppor tedbyf ourgrand
archesChar mi narliesinalli
tssplendourinthemi ddleofLad- Bazaar-Hyderabad'
sf amous
bangl edestination.Themonumenti sil
luminatedintheev enings.

31
Qut
bShahi
Tombs

Thetombsoft helegendaryQutbShahiki
ngsareatadistanceofaki l
ometrefr
om Banj
ara
DarwazaoftheGol condaFort
.Thesetombsaresaidtobet heoldesthist
ori
calmonumentsi
n
Hyderabad.Theuniquenessofthetombsli
esinthefactthattheyaretheonlyt
ombsinthe
worl
dwher etheent i
redynast
yhasbeenburi
edatonepl ace.

32
MAKKAHMASJI
D

MakkahMasj i
d, i
soneoft heol destmosquesi nHyderabad, Telanganai nIndi
a,Anditisoneof
thelargestMosquesi nIndia.MakkahMasj i
disal i
stedherit
agebui ldingintheoldcityof
Hyder abad,closet othehi stori
clandmar ksofChowmahal l
aPal ace,LaadBazaar ,andCharminar
.
MuhammadQul iQut bShah, t
hef i
ft
hr ul
eroftheQutbShahi dy nasty,commi ssi
onedbr i
ckstobe
madef rom thesoil br
oughtf r
om Mecca, theholi
estsiteofIslam, andusedt hem inthe
constructionoft hecent ralarchoft hemosque, t
husgiv i
ngthemosquei tsname.Itformedthe
centrepiecear oundwhi cht heci t
ywaspl annedbyMuhammadQul iQutubShah.

Sal
arJungMuseum

33
Thismuseum i soneoft helargestcoll
ectionofant i
quesbyoneman-Mi rYousufAliKhan,
SalarJungI I
I.Thedisplayincl
udesPer siancar pets,Moghul mini
atur
es,Chi neseporcel
ain,
Japanesel acquerware,famousst atuesliketheVei l
edRebeccaandMar guerit
eand
Mephi stopheles,
asuper bcollecti
onofjade, daggersbel ongi
ngtoQueenNoorJahanandt he
Emper orsJahangirandShahJahan, Aurangzeb'sswor dandmanyot herfabulousit
ems.
Hussai nsagarLakeHy derabad'smostpopul arboatingandwat ersport
sl ocati
on-from speed
boatst omot orboats,48seaterlauncheswi t hstarl
i
tdinneronboar detc.Inthemiddleofthe
l
akei splacedoneoft hewor l
d'stal
lestmonol it
hicst at
uesofLordBuddhaont he'
Rockof
Gibral
tar'.
.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq. 0.
2 Census2011
Km
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 39,
43,
323 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 20,
18,
575 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 19,
24,
748 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 39,
43,
323 Census
2011
Rur
al I
nPer
sons -
Census
Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 2.
9 2011

7 Census
2011
Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 18172 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 83.
25 Census2011

Mal
e % 86.
99 Census2011

Femal
e % 79.
35 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 100 Census2011

KARI
MNAGAR
Thecitywasnamedaf t
erSyedKari
muddin,whoisthoughtt
obei t
sf ounder.Thedistr
ictli
es
appr
oximat el
ybetweenthelat
it
udes17°50'and19°05'Nandlongit
udes78°29' and80°22' E.
Kari
mnagardi st
ri
cti
sboundedbyMadhy aPradeshStat
eintheeast,Nizamabaddi str
ictinthe
West,War angal
andMedakdi st
ri
ctsintheSouthandAdil
abaddist
rictintheNorthdirecti
ons.
Thedistr
icthaspopulat
ionof37,
76,269asperthe2011censuswhichaccount sf or10.73%of
34
thet
otal
populat
ionoft
heStat
ewit
h8.15%decadalgr
owth.Manyl
argescal
ecompani
esl
ike
NTPC,Kesor
am Cements,
Ramagundam-si
ngar
enicol
li
eri
eset
c.ar
elocat
edinandar
ound
Kari
mnagar.

Vemul
awada

Vemul awadaisaMandal headquar tersont hewest ernpartinKar i

mnagardi stri
ct.I
tislocated
ont hebanksofMul avaguRi vulet
.Thedi st
ancebet weenKar i
mnagart ownandVemul awadai s
35Ki l
ometers.Vemulawadawasacapi t
alcityofVemul awadaChal uky asdy nastybetweenA. D
750-973.Theremnant soft hetempl esandst atuesshowt hatChal uky aswer egreatar chi
tects.
Thegr eat
nessofVemul awadacanbei nferr
edf rom teninscript
ionsfrom t hev ari
ous
temples41.Inthoseinscript
ionsitisnamedasLemul av
atika,Lembul av ade,Lembulav ada.
Afterthechangesitistransformedi ntoLemul avada,Yemul ada,Vemul avada.Theol dest
templesarelocatedinVemul awadai nKari
mnagardi str
ict
.

Jagi
tyal
a

Jagity
alais50kmsawayf r
om Kar i
mnagar .Thet ownisarevenuedivi
sionandMandal .I
tist
he
biggestofallt
hetownswhi charegov er
nedbyMuni ci
palcouncil
s.I
twast hebi ggestTal
uk
amongt heTalukasofTelangana.Polasav il
l
agewhi chisver
yneart oJagit
yalahast housand
yearsofhistor
y.Therear
enohi stori
calevidencesinJagit
yalaexceptaFort.ElgandalSarkar
wasv eryvastandincl
udeChennur u,Lakshetpeta,Ni
rmalinit
sSarkar.Mubarij
ul Mulk

35
JaphruddaulaMi r
jaI br
ahim KhanDhamsawhowast herulerofElgandula,buil
tastrong
fortr
esswitht hehelpoft hetechnologyofFrenchEngi neersinA.D1747208.Thef r
ostswhich
areNi r
mal hi
ll
swer eal sobuil
tbyThamsaFar quMi r
jaEhetesham Jung,SonofDhamsa,
succeededhi sfather.Hewasawi ckedr ul
er.Hedi dnotgiveanyr especttot henoti
cesof
Asaf j
aNizam KhanI I.ThentheNi zam senthisar my.Ehetsham wasdef eatedi n1791andf l
ed
from Jagit
yala.Het ookrefugei nNirmalfor
tress.Atthisti
me, theNizam ar myattacked
Jagityal
afortinA.D1791.TheKhi ledarofJagi t
yalafoughtagainstthem andwasdef eat
edand
fi
nedt heJagityal
aDur gam tot heNizamsar myaf tertheNizamsar mydi rectedthei
rwayt o
attackNirmal.

I
te Uni
t Fi
gur Sour
c

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq.Km 11.
8 Census2011

Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 37,
76,
269 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 18,
80,
800 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 18,
95,
469 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 9,
51,
225 Census2011
Rur
al I
nPer
sons 28,
25,
044 Census

2011Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
) % 8.
15

Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 319 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 64.
15 Census2011

Mal
e % 73.
65 Census2011

Femal
e % 54.
79 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 25.
189546 Census2011

KHAMMAM :
Thepr esentnameofKhammam i sder i
vedi tsnameaf teralocalhil
l,
whi chwascal l
edas
'
Stambhadr i'
.Thet ownwascal l
edwi thdif f
erentnamesst arti
ngwithSt ambhadr i,Kambhadr i
,
Kambham met tu,Khammam met t
uandt henf i
nall
yasKhammam.Khammam t ownwhi chwas
theseatofTal ukAdmi nistr
ationwaspar toft helargerWar angalDist
rict, t
il
l1stOctober,1953.
Fiv
et aluksoftheWar angal dist
ri
ctviz.,
Khammam, Madhira,Yel
landu, Burgampaduand
Paloncha( NowKot hagudem)wer ecar vedoutandanewdi stri
ctKHAMMAM wi thKhammam
asDistrictHeadquar ters.Thedistr
ictwassi tuatedbet ween79°47' and80°47' E,oftheeastern
l
ongitudesand16°45' and18°35' N,ofnor thernlati
tudes.TheBoundar iesofKhammam di stri
ct
areEastGodav ar
idi str
ictintheEast,War angal andNal gondadistr
ictsint heWest ,Kri
shna
36
 di
stri
cti
ntheSouthandMadhyaPr
adeshStatebor
dersintheNor
thdi
rect
ions.Thedist
ri
cthas
popul
ati
onof27,97,
370aspert
he2011censuswhichaccount
sfor7.
95%oft hetot
al
popul
ati
onoftheStatewi
th8.
47%decadal
growth.

Templ
e

ThetempleatBhadr achalam hast heAr chaMur thy

sofRama, Sit
aandLakshmanaandar e
consi
deredt obeSway ambhu( sel
f-mani f
estedones).Lor dSriRamaappear edinadr eam t oa
womancal ledPokal aDammakkaandi nformedheraboutt heexistenceofvi
gr ahason
Bhadragi
rihil
ls.Tohersur priseshef oundt he"Vigr
aha's"andputupamodestst ruct
ure.
Dhammakka, clear
edj ungleandof feredpujatothedeities.On17Nov1959t heBhadr achalam
RevenueDiv i
sion,consisti
ngofBhadr achalam andNugur uVenkatapuram TaluksofEast
Godavaridi
strictweremer gedintotheKhammam di st
rictt
hroughGONo553.f orgeographical
conti
guit
yandadmi nistrat
iveviabil
ity
.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq.Km 16 Census
2011
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 27,
97,
370 Census
2011
Mal
e I
nPer
sons 13,
90,
988 Census
2011
Femal
e I
nPer
sons 14,
06,
382 Census
2011
Mahabubnagari sthel
argestdistr
icti
nTelanganaintermsofar ea(
18432. 00sq.km)cov ered.I
t
i
sal soknownasPal amoor.Thenamewaschangedt oMahabubnagarinhonourofMi rMahbub
AliKhanAsafJahVI ,t
heNizam ofHy derabad(1869-
1911AD) .Thedist
ri
ctwassi tuat
ed
between77°15' and79°15'E,oftheeasternl
ongit
udesand15°55' and17°20' N,ofnorthern
l
ati
tudes.Mahabubnagarissout herndist
ri
ctofHyderabadstateunderNizam andborder edwith
Riv
erKr ishnai
nthesouthandsur roundedbytheGunturDistr
ictofAPtot heeast,Kur
nool
di
strictofAPtothesouth,NalgondaandRangaReddyDi st
ri
ctst ot
henorthandGul bargaand
37
Rai
churDist
ri
ctsofthest
ateofKarnat
akatotheWest.Thedist
ri
cthaspopul
ati
onof40,
53,
028
asperthe2011censuswhichaccount
sfor11.52%ofthet
otalpopul
ati
onoftheSt
atewi
th
15.
34%decadal gr
owth.

Pi
l
lal
amr
ri

Themosti nt
erestingpl acetoseeinMahabubnagari sthefamousbany antreecall
edPi l
lal
amr ri
,
whichi sabout4km f rom thetown.ThereisatombofaMusl i
m saintunderthetree.Thet r
ee
present stheappear anceofasmal lhi
llockwit
hgreenf ol
i
agefrom adistancebutonr eaching
closer,itlooksli
keal argegreenumbr ell
aunderwhichaboutthousandpeopl ecaneasi lytake
shelter.Itis700y earol dbanyantreeandi t
sbranchesextendoveranareaof3acr es.InTel ugu,
"Pil
lalu"meanschi ldren&" marri
"meansabany ant r
ee.Therei
salsoanaquar i
um, asmal l
zoo
andanbar chaeologi calmuseum here.

Umamaheswar
am

Umamaheswar am islocat edatadi stanceof150KM f rom Hyderabadandcl osebyAchampet

i
nMahabubnagarDi st
rict.Umamaheswar am t
empleissit
uatedonv eryt
allhi
ll
sofNallamala
forestsanddatesbackt o2ndcent ur
yA. D.Toreachthetemple,onehast or i
deonv er
ysteep
anddanger ouscurvesof5mi lelengt
hf rom t
hebottom ofthehil
l.Itiswell
knownasNor t
h
EntrancetoSrisail
am (Jyot i
rl
ingam).Umamaheswar am t
empl ei
si ndeepNal l
amalaifor
ests
andl ocat
edinv astrangeofSceni cmount ai
ns.Sri
rangapurissit
uat edatadistanceof12km
from Wanaparthy,whichi s100km f r
om
Mahabubnagar.Hereyoufi
ndaSr i
Ranganayakaswamytempl
ebuil
tduri
ngthe18thcent
uryA.D.
hist
ownissituated120km fr
om Mahabubnagarand10km fr
om theKoll
apur
iSomeswaraSwamy
templ
e.Thereare15t empl
es,al
lhousi
ngShiv
alingaswher
eShiv
arathr
i&Kart
hikaPour
nami ar
e
38
cel
ebr at
edwi t
hmuchf erv
our.TheMadhavaSwamyt empleatKoll
apurwasor i
ginal
lybuil
tbythe
16thcenturyA.D.
,ontheleftbankofri
verKrishna,atManchalakatt
a.Thearchi
tectureofthe
templeisexceedi
nglybeautif
ul.Al
lar
oundt hetemplewal l
s,thebeauti
ful
lycarvedsculpt
ures
depictthe24aspect
sofVi shnuandDasav atharsofVishnu.Vari
ouspil
lar
ssuppor t
ingthe
mandapa, theGar
udalaya.

Koi
l
sagar

I
nKoi l
sagarI
rr
igat
ionPr ojectconstructedt oir
ri
gateanay acutof12000Acres,
in
Mahaboobnagardist
rict,ayacuthasnotf ul
lydeveloped.Itisnowpr oposedtoli
ftwaterfr
om
for
eshoreofJural
aPr ojectintwost agest oat otall
iftof120m wi th4Nos.ofPumpsof10, 000
HPreachandtofil
lupt heKoi l
sagarPr ojecttostabil
izetheay acutof12000Acresincl
udinga
gapayacutof7500Acr esandt oi r
ri
gat eanaddi ti
onal 38250Acr esbri
ngi
ngthetotalto50,
250
Acresundert
heprojectataquot edv al
ueofRs. 360.20cr ores.

TheJoor
alaProj
ect(al
socal
ledtheJural
aorPriyadar
shi
niJur
alaProj
ect
)issi
tuat
edabout10
km f
rom Kur
avapur
,Mahabubnagar.I
tisconst
ructedontheKr
ishnari
ver
.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq. 18.
4 Census2011
Km
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 40,
53,
028 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 20,
50,
386 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 20,
02,
642 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 6,
07,
692 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 34,
45,
336 Census2011

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 15.
34 Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 220 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 55.
04 Census2011

Mal
e % 65.
21 Census2011

Femal
e % 44.
72 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 14.
9935 Census2011

MEDAK:
Medakwasf ormerl
ypopularasSiddapurMedak,t
hepref
ixhowever,losti
tsimportancei
n
t
hepopularusage.I
tisl
ocatedinTelanganaSt
ate.
Sangar
eddyisthedist
rictheadquart
ersof
Medak.
Thedistri
ctwassit
uatedbetween77°28'and79°10'
E,oftheeasternlongi
tudesand17°

39
23'and18°19'N, ofnorther
nl ati
tudes.Thedistri
ctisboundedbyNizamabadDi str
icttothe
north,
HyderabadDi st
ri
cttot heeastandsout h,WarangalandNalgondaDistri
ctst
ot heeast,and
Karnatakastat
et othewest .Thedi st
ri
cthaspopul ati
on30,33,
288aspert he2011censuswhi ch
accountsfor8.62%oft hetot al
populationoftheStatewith13.6%decadal gr
owth.

MedakChur
ch

Thechur chwasbuiltunderthestewardshi
poftheMet hodistChristi
an,theReverendCharl
es
WalkerPosnett,
whowasdr i
venbythemot t
oMybestf ormyLor d.Char l
esPosnetthadarri
ved
i
nSecunder abadin1895, andaft
erfi
rstminist
eri
ngamongBr i
tishsoldiersatTri
mullgher
y,had
l
aunchedi ntot
hev i
ll
agesandhadr eachedMedakv il
lagein1896.I nthoseday stherewasno
rai
l
wayt oMedak( thejourneyof60mi les(
97km)f r
om Hy derabadhadt obedoneon
horseback-andPosnet tcoulddoiti
naday )andinthewhol eMedakar eatherewerehardly
twohundr edChri
sti
ans,whower eusingasmal lt
il
edhouseast heirplaceofworship.

Ast henumberofChr i
sti
ansincreased,Charl
esPosnet trai
sedamoder atestr
uctur
einthe
MissionCompoundi ntheshapeofachur ch,butthoughti tunworthy
,andear l
yin1914laidthe
foundati
onsofthepresentcathedralchurch,on1,000acr es(4.0km2)ofl andinGhusnabad
area.Whenthepeopl eofMedakdi str
ictweresuf f
eringfrom faminebet ween1919and1921,
Char l
esPosnet
thelpedthem byempl oy i
ngthem int heconstruct
ionoft hechurchi
nsteadof
runningafr
eekitchen.Const
ructionwentonf or10y ears.Charl
esPosnet tconsecr
atedthe
churchin1924,t
hankingGodf ormi t
igati
ngthesuf feri
ngsoft hepeople.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur Sour
c

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq.Km 9.
7 Census2011

Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 30,
33,
288 Census2011
40
Mal
e I
nPer
sons 15,
23,
030 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 15,
10,
258 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 7,
27,
871 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 23,
05,
417 Census

2011Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
) % 13.
6

Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 313 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 61.
42 Census2011

Male % 71.43
Thedistri
ctwassit
uatedbetween78°40'and80° 05'
E,oftheeasternl
ongi
t udesand16°25' and
17°60'N,ofnort
her
nlati
tudes.TheBoundari
esofNal gondadist
ri
ctareKrishnaandKhammam
di
stri
ctsintheEast
,MahaboobnagarandHy derabaddistr
ict
sintheWest ,
Mahaboobnagarand
Gunturdist
ri
ctsint
heSouthandMedakandWar angaldi
stri
ctsi
nt heNort
hdi rect
ions.The
di
stri
cthaspopulat
ionof34,88,
809asperthe2011censuswhi chaccountsf or9.
91%oft hetot
al
populat
ionoftheStat
ewi t
h7.41%decadalgrowth.

Nagar
junaSagarDam

NagarjunaSagarDam i
stheworl
d'slargestmasonrydam.Itwasbui l
tontheKrishnaRiverat
NagarjunaSagari
nbetweenGunturdistr
ictofAndhraPradeshstat
eandNal gondadi st
ri
ctof
Telanganastat
e,I
ndi
a.Theconst
ructiondurationofthedam wasbetweenthey earsof1955
and1967.Thedam createdawaterreservoi
rwhosecapacityis11,
472,000,
000cubi cmeters
(4.
051×1011cuf t
).Thedam i
s490f eet(150m)t all
and0.99mi l
es(1.6km)longwi th26
gateswhichare42feet(
13m)wideand45f eet
(14m)t al
l.

NagarjunaSagarwast heearli
estintheseri
esoflar
gei nf
rastructureprojectsinit
iatedf ort
he
GreenRev ol
uti
oni nIndia;i
talsoisoneoftheearli
estmulti-
pur poseirri
gationandhy dro-
el
ectri
cpr oj
ect
sinI ndia.Thedam pr ovi
desir
ri
gati
onwat ertot heNal gondaKhammam
di
stri
ctsofTelangana, Prakasam, Kri
shnaandGunturdistr
ictsofAndhr aPr adeshalongwi th
el
ectri
cpowert ot henationalgri
d.Ithol
dssecondlargestreser v
oirinIndiaaf t
erIndiraSagar
i
nMadhy aPradeshf ol
lowedbyBhakr adam.Iti
sthelargestdam i nIndiaint ermsof
Length,1,
550met ers.

Buddhi
st

Nagarj
unaSagarinanimport
antBuddhistsi
telocated150kmsf rom Hyderabad.Thehistor
ic
l
ocati
ontakesi
tsnamef r
om theBuddhistsai
ntandschol arAchary
aNagar j
unawhoi ssaidto
havesetupacentreofl
earni
nghere.Today,NagarjunaSagarishomet oNagarjunaSagarDam
-theworl
d'
stal
lestmasonrydam t
hatirr
igat
esov er10lakhacresofland.I
twasdur i
ngt he
41
 bui
ldi
ngoft hedam thatt
heruinsofanancientBuddhi
stci
vi
li
zat
ionwer
eexcav at
edhere.Some
ofthereli
csunear
thedhavebeencar ef
ull
ypreser
vedonapictur
esquei
slandcall
edNagarjuna
Konda,locat
edinthecentreofaman-madel ake.

Yadagi
ri
gut
taTempl
e

Yadagiri
gutt
aTempleTheareaacquiredit
snameandf amef r
om asagecalledYadar
ishi
,sonof
thegreatsageRishy
asr
ungawhodi dpenanceinsi
deacav ewitht
heblessi
ngsofAnjaneyaon
thi
shillbet
weenBhongirandRai
gir
iinNalgondadist
ri
ct.Pl
easedwit
hhisdeepdev ot
ion,Lor
d
Narasimha(anincar
nat
ionofLor
dVi shnu)appear
edbeforehiminfi
vediff
erentf
ormsasJwal a,
Yogananda,Gandabher
unda,Ugr
a
andLakshminarasi
mha.Theyl at
ermani f
estedthemselvesintofinelysculpt
edformst hatlater
camet obeworshippedasPanchanar asi
mhaKshet ram.Ast helegendgoes, theLordappear ed
fi
rstasJwalaNarasimha( Lor
dasaf l
ame), whenYadar i
shiwasunabl etofacetheintensit
yof
thi
sappari
ti
on,heappear edinapeacefulfor
m asYoganar asimha( LordinaYogi cPadmasana
postur
ewithopenpal msont heknees).Notsatisf
iedwiththeLor dappear i
ngalone,Yadarishi
soughttoseehim withthi
sconsort,
sohei ssai
dt ohaveappear edwi thLakshmi onhislap,
knownasLakshmi Narasi
mhaSwamyandasbei ngworshippedbyAl wars,hi
sardentdev otees.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq. 14.
2 Census2011
Km
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 34,
88,
809 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 17,
59,
772 Census2011

Femal
e I
nPer
sons 17,
28,
037 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 6,
62,
507 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 28,
26,
302 Census2011

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 7.
41 Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 245 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 64.
2 Census2011

Mal
e % 74.
1 Census2011

Femal
e % 54.
19 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 18.
989489 Census2011

NI
ZAMABAD:
Thedi
str
ictwassi
tuat
edbet
ween77°40'
and78°37'
E,oft
heeast
ernl
ongi
tudesand18°05'

42
 and19°N, ofnort
hernlati
tudes.Thegeogr aphicalareaofthisdi
stri
cti
sonly7956sq.km
const i
tut
ing14.02percentoft hest ate.I
tisalsoknownasI ndur
.Nizamabadisthecur r
entand
offici
alnameoft hedistr
ict.Nizam +Abad=Ni zamabad, Abadmeansmassofpeopl e(Town)
.
Thedi str
icti
sboundedont heNor thbyAdilabaddistri
ct,
EastbyKar i
mnagardistr
ict.Southby
Medakdi stri
ct,
WestbyNandeddi str
ictofMahar ashtr
a&Bi dardist
ri
ctofKar
nataka.The
distri
cthaspopulati
onof25, 51,335aspert he2011censuswhi chaccountsfor7.25%oft he
totalpopulat
ionoftheStatewi th8. 77decadal growth.

Ni
zam SagarDam

Ni
zam SagarDam i
sanI
ndi
andam.I
tisar
eser
voi
rconst
ruct
edacr
osst
heManj
i
raRi
ver
,a
t
ri
but
aryof
theGodav ariRiver, betweenChamped( Ni
zamabad)andBanj apal l
ev i
ll
agesoft heNi zamabad
distri
cti nTel angana, India.Itislocat edatabout144km nor th-westofHy der abad.Themasonr y
dam spr awlingacr osst her i
v erfor3km wi thaf our t
eenf eetwi demot orabl eroadov erit.There
areexcel l
entboar dingandl odgi ngf acili
ti
esnear by,fortour i
sts.Bef oreNi zam Sagarwasbui l
t,
theManj iraRi verwasnotpr oper l
yhar nessedandl it
tl
ewat erwasbei ngusedbydi verti
ngwat erat
GhanpurAni cutf orI rri
gatingabout5, 000acr esandanopenChannel calledMahaboobNagar
(RightCanal )inMedakDi strict.TheGhanpurAni cutwast hef i
rstschemeconst ructedacr oss
Manj irariverin1904atacostofRs. 18.00Lakhs.Somey earsl ater,NawabAl iNawaj Jung
BahadurasSuper i
nt endingEngi neeraddedFat chNahar( Leftcanal )t
oincr easet heut il
i
tyofthe
ri
v erlater.Theay acutof17, 308acr eswasbei ngi rri
gatedundert hisGhanpurAni cutwhi ch
subsequent lyincr easedt o30, 000acr esasperact uals.Nizam sagarPr ojecti st hesecond
i
rrigationschemeonManj ir
ar iverandt helargesti nthet henHy derabadst atetakenupdur i
ngt he
year1923andcompl etedbyt hey ear1931.Thi sPr ojectwasor i
ginall
ycont empl atedf or
utili
zationof58. 00TMCofwat ertoi rri
gate2,75,
000acr esi nBanswada, Bodhan, Nizamabadand
ArmoorTal uksofNi zamabadDi stri
ct .

Di
chpal
l
yRamal
ayam

Dichpall
yRamal ayam orKhil
laRamal ayam i
soneoftheoldestt empl esinNizamabad,
Telangana.Accordingtohistor
icalsources,
itwasbuil
tinthe14t hcent ur
ybyt heKakati
yaki
ngs.
I
tisalsocalledIndhoorKhajurahoorNi zamabadKhajur
aho.Thi st emplehas105st epsanda
pedestri
ansubwayconnect i
ngittoRaghunadhaTempl eint heNi zamabadur bancenter
.The
templeisvisit
edbyt housandsofdev oteesonSriRamaNav ami day(thenint
hdayoft hemonth
ofChaitra)
.Itisl
ocated10KM awayf rom Nizamabaddist
rict,Telangana.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq. 8 Census2011
Km
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 25,
51,
335 Census2011

Mal
e I
nPer
sons 12,
50,
641 Census2011

43
 Femal
e I
nPer
sons 13,
00,
694 Census2011

Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 5,
88,
372 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 19,
62,
963 Census2011

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 8.
77 Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 321 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 61.
25 Census2011

Mal
e % 71.
47 Census2011

Femal
e % 51.
54 Census2011
Ur
bani
sat
ion % 23.
061338 Census2011

RANGAREDDY:
Thedistr
ictwassi t
uatedbet ween77°30' and79°30' E, oftheeast er
nlongitudesand16°30'
and18°20'N, ofnorthernlati
tudes.Theboundar i
esofRangar eddydi st
rictareNalgondadistr
ict
,
Mahabubnagardi str
ict,Karnatakastat
eandMedakdi stri
ctintheEast ,South,WestandNor th
dir
ecti
onsr espectively.Thedistri
cthaspopulati
onof52, 96,741aspert he2011censuswhi ch
accountsfor15. 05%oft hetotalpopul
ati
onoft heSt at ewith48. 16%decadal gr
owt hand
70.21%isur banaspert he2011census.Thedi strictenci rclesthecityanddi str
ictof
Hyderabad, andtheci tyofHy derabadal
soser v
esast headmi ni
strat
ivecent r
eoft hedist
ri
ct.

Anant
hagi
riHi
l
ls

Anant hagiriHi ll
sislocat ed10km f r
om Vikar abad, RangaReddydi st
rict
,Telangana, India.The
hil
lsar ethemai nwat ersour ceforOsmansagarandHi may athsagar.Iti
sconsi der edasoneof
thedensef orest sinTel anganar egion.Anant hagi r
ihasaf amoust emplelocatedi nt his
forestedr egion, whichi salsot hebirt
hplaceofMusi River.Itissituatedatadi stanceofabout
90km f r
om Hy derabadCi tyandapopul ardest i
nat i
onf ortrekkingandf orthosewhol ove
adv enture.Itisal soconsi deredoneoft heear l
iesthumanhabi tatareasinSout hI ndia.Anci ent
cav es,medi ev alfortl
ikest ructur
esandanci entt empleshowst hehistoryofthear ea.I ti
sa
muchsoughtaf t
erplace, whichiscov ered,byr edsoi landi deal f
orsomeadv ent urespor t
s.
Visitor
sr ateitasoneofmostbeaut iful
placesf oraweekendgetawayf r
om Hy der abad.The
roadi singoodcondi tion,whi chtakesyoui ntot hedensef orestswi t
hbeaut i
ful tr
eesand
streamsal lalongt heway .

Gandi
pet

Osmansagar,al
socal
l
edGandipet,
isanexcell
entpicnicspotlocat
edonout skir
tsof
Hyder
abad.Osmansagari
samongt hetwolakeslocatedont hecit
y ’
speri
pheryregi
on
suppl
yi
ngdrinki
ngwatert
othecit
y.Osmansagarisabeaut if
ul l
akelocat
ed20km.westof
Hyder
abad.Thelakei
samanmader eser
voi
rcreatedbyconst ruct
ingadam acrosstheI
sa,
a
44
 tr
ibut
aryofMusi Ri
ver.Thelakehasanabut t
ingbundwithl
ushgar dens,whichprovi
deani
deal
ambienceforanouting.Thelakealsohousesaherit
agebuil
ding,SagarMahal ,
whichwasbui
lt
asaresortbytheHyder abadNizam andhasbeentransf
ormedi nt
oal akeresortbyt
he
depart
mentofTourism.

TheMr
ugav
ani
Nat
ional
Par
k

TheMr ugavaniNat i
onalParkint hestatecapitalisanexampl eofabeaut i
ful nati
onal park
tur
nedmaj ortouri
stat t
racti
on.Whati smostexci t
ingisthatinalandlayeredwi thexot i
cand
i
mmensenat uralresourcesli
keinI ndia,i
tsureisagr eatachievement.TheMr ugavani Nati
onal
Park,locatedatChi l
kuruinMoi nabad, isatadistanceofabout25kmsf r
om Hy derabad.The
NationalParkisspr eadov er3.5sqkmsofpur e,untamedl and.TheIndi
angov ernment
announcedi tawi ldl
ifesanctuaryinthey ear1994andsi ncet hen,t
heparkhasbeenhomet o
some600speci esofplantsandani mals.Li
kei nthecaseofmostnat i
onal parks,event he
Mrugav aninationalparkhashadl easthumani ntervent
ionand
i
nteracti
oni
nordert
omakesur
ethatal
lthepr
eci
ouscr
eat
uresr
emai
nundi
stur
bedi
nthei
rcozy
natural
habi
tat
.

Hi
may
atSagar

Theconst ructi
onofr eservoironEsi at r
ibutaryofMusi Riverwascompl etedin1927, f
or
providingdri
nkingwat ersour cef orHyderabadandsav ingtheci
tyfrom f l
oods, whi
ch
Hy derabadsuffer
edi n1908.I twasbui ltduringther ei
gnoft hel
astNi zam ofHy derabad,Nizam
VIIandsoi tisnamedaf terhisy oungestsonHi may atAl i
Khan.TheHi may atSagarandOsman
Sagarr eservoi
rsprov i
dedcont inuouswat ersupplyt othet wi
ncit
iesofHy derabadand
Secunder abadunti
l recentl
y.Duet opopulationgrowt hitwasnotsuf f
icientforwatersupplyto
Hy derabadcity
.Theengi neeratt heti
meofconst ructi
onwasl at
eKhaj aMohi nuddinS/O
MohammedHussei n,Madr i
.

TheMahav
irHar
inaVanast
hal
iNat
ional
Par
k

TheMahav irHari
naVanast haliNational Parklocat edinHyderabadisonesuchgr eatat
tracti
on.
Thewi l
dlif
epar k,namedaf t
erthehol ysai ntoft heJains,LordMahav i
r,i
slocatedin
Vanasthalipuram, whichisar esidenti
al subur babout15kmsf r
om t
hemai ncity.I
tisparti
cular
ly
knownf orbei ngahomef orendanger edani mal species,Bl
ackBuckdeer .Thedeer,whichis
al
soknownasKr ishnaJi nkai nt helocal language, isal
sothemosthunt edanimal i
nallofIndia
i
nt he18thand19t hcentur i
es.Theot herani malsf oundherearecheetahs,wil
dboard,
porcupines,moni torl
izards, andsev eral vari
etiesofsnakes.
Visi
torscanseet heanimal sthroughshedsandv iewingtowers.Thegov er
nmenthasal so
i
ntroducedv ansafari
st ot akethev isitorsonar i
dewi thi
nthepar kt
owat chtheanimalsclosely.

Chi
l
kurBal
aji
Templ
e

Chil
kurBalaj
iTemplepopular
lyknownasVisaBalaj
iTempleorVisaGodisanancientHi
ndu
templeofLordBalaj
ionthebanksofOsmanSagarLakenearHy derabad,
Indi
a.I
tis17km
from Mehedi
patnam.Iti
soneoft heol
destt
emplesinHyderabadbuil
tduri
ngtheti
meof
45
MadannaandAkkanna,
theunclesofBhaktaRamadas.Theshr
inei
sinst
rumentalf
orthe
t
emplespopul
ari
tyasVisaGod.Thistempl
edoesnotacceptanymoney,doesnothav
eahundi
,
f
rom t
hedevot
ees,nogreenchannelorpr
ivi
legesf
orVVIPs.

Dur
gam Cher
uvu

Durgam Cher
uvuisanothersi
gni
fi
cantlakeoftheRangareddyDist
ri
ct.Thi
slakei
sthemost
unspoi
ltandthequi
etestoneint
heregion.It
ssurroundi
ngsincl
udeuniquerockmounds,
whosepresenceher
emar kstheboundariesoftheplat
eauofthi
slake

I
te Uni
t Fi
gur Sourc
Ar
ea I
n'000Sq.Km 7.
5 Census2011

Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 52,
96,
741 Census2011

27,
01,
008 011
Femal
e I
nPer
sons 25,
95,73 Census2011
3
Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 37,
19,17 Census2011
2
Rur
al I
nPer
sons 15,
77,56 Census2011
9

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)% 48.
16 Census2011

Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km)707 Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 75.
87 Census2011

Mal
e % 82.
11 Census2011

Femal
e % 69.
4 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 70.
216233 Census2011

WARANGAL:
Theol dnameoft hi
sdistri
ctisOrugallu.OrumeansoneandKal lumeansstone.Thedistr
ictwas
sit
uatedbet ween78°49' and80°43' E,oftheeasternl
ongi
tudesand17°19'and18°36' N,of
northernlati
tudes.Thedistri
cti
sboundedbyKar imnagarDist
ri
cttothenort
h,Khammam Di st
ri
ct
totheeastandsout heast,
NalgondaDi st
ri
ctt
othesouthwest,andMedakDi st
ri
cttothewest .
Thedi st
ri
cthaspopul ati
onof35,12, 576asperthe2011censuswhi chaccountsfor9.
98%oft he
tot
al populat
ionoft heStatewit
h8. 21%decadal growt
h.

46
War
angal
For
t

Warangal,oncet hecapit
al oft heKakatiy aKingdom, Warangal i
swi t
hbeaut i
fullakes,fi
ne
temples,r
ichfauna&f l
orahav econtr
ibut edt oi
tsimportanceasaTour istCentre.Theanci ent
nameofWar angal wasknownt obeOr ugual l
uorOmt ikondaonaccountofhugeboul derli
ke
hil
l
ocksituatedneart hesway ambhuSi v aTempl eandi salsocalled"EKASILANAGARAM" .In
courseoftime, i
twascal ledas" Orugallu",andf i
nal
lyknownasWar angal.Warangal t
heanci ent
Kakati
yaKi ngdom hasev erythingtosat isfythethir
stoftour i
stallovert
hewor ld.Ithas
beauti
fulLakes,Forts,Archit
ect ur
alMonument s,Wil
dLi f
eSanct uary,MusicalGarden, Rock
Garden,VanaVi gyanaKendr a, Regi
onal Sci enceCentre,afineblendofnewandol d.

I
tem Uni
ts Fi
gur
e Sour
ce

Ar
ea I
n'000Sq.Km 12.
9 Census
2011

47
Popul
ati
on I
nPer
sons 35,
12,
576 Census
2011
Mal
e I
nPer
sons 17,
59,
281 Census
2011
Femal
e I
nPer
sons 17,
53,
295 Census
2011
Ur
ban I
nPer
sons 9,
92,
333 Census2011

Rur
al I
nPer
sons 25,
20,
243 Census2011

Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h(decadal
)]% 8.
21 Census

2011Popul
ati
onDensi
ty(
Per
son/
Sq.
Km) 273

Census2011

Li
ter
acy % 65.
11 Census2011

Mal
e % 74.
58 Census2011

Femal
e % 55.
69 Census2011

Ur
bani
sat
ion % 28.
250862 Census2011

TELANGANASt
ateCounci
lofMi
nist
ers
Of
fi
ce Name

1. Chi
efMini
ster;SCandMinor
it
iesWel
fare;Muni
cipalAdmi
nist
rati
on;Ur
ban
Devel
opment;Coal
;GAD;
Allot
herpor
tfoli
osnotall
ott
ed::
Kalvakunt
laChendr
ashekar
Rao@ Gaj
wel,Medak

2. Deput
yChiefMi
nist
er;
Rev
enue,
Rel
i
ef&Rehabi
l
itat
ion;
ULC;
Stamps&Regi
str
ati
on
::Md.MohamoodAli@MLC

3. Deput
yChi
efMi
nist
er;
Educat
ion:
:Kadi
yam Sr
ihar
i@War
angal
(LokSabhaconst
it
uency
)

4. I
rr
igati
on;
Mi ni
ng&Geol
ogy
;Mar
ket
ing;
Legi
slat
iveAf
fai
rs:
:Tanneer
uHar
ishRao
@Siddi
pet,
Medak

5. PanchayatRaj
;I
nfor
mati
onTechnology;
Non-Resi
dentI
ndi
anEmpower
ment&Rel
ati
ons:
:
Kal
vakuntl
aTarakaRamaRao@Si r
cil
la,Kar
imnagar

6. Handl
oomsandText
il
es;
Indust
ri
es;
Sugardepar
tment
s::
Jupal
l
yKr
ishnaRao@Kol
l
apur

7. Home,Pri
sons,Fi
reSer
vices,
Sai
nikWel
far
e;Labour&Empl
oyment
;Nai
niNar
shi
mha
Reddy@ Hyder
abad
48
 8. Tr
anspor
t::
P.MahenderReddy@Tandur

9. Agr
icul
tur
e;Hor
ti
cult
ure;
Ser
icul
ture;Ani
malHusbandr
y;Fisher
ies;
Dai
ry
Dev
elopmentCorp;
SeedsCorporati
on::
Pochar
am Sri
nivasReddy@Banswada

10.Power:
:G.
Jagadi
shReddy@Sur
yapet

11.Heal
thandMedi
cal
::C.LaxmaReddy@Jadcher
la

12.Housi
ng;
Law;
Endowment
s::
A.I
ndr
akar
anReddy@Ni
rmal

13.Small
Savi
ngs,
StateLott
eri
es;
ConsumerAf
fai
rs;
Legal
Met
rol
ogy
;Fi
nance:
:Et
ela
Raj
endra@Huzurabad

14.For
est&Env
ironment
;BCWel
far
e::
JoguRamanna@Adi
l
abad

15.Exci
se&Pr
ohi
bit
ion;
Spor
tsandYout
hWel
far
e::
T.PadmaRaoGoud@Secunder
abad

16.RoadsandBui
l
dings;
WomenandChi
l
dWel
far
e::
Thummal
aNageswar
aRao
@Khammam

17.Commer
cial
Taxes;
Cinemat
ogr
aphy
::Tal
asani
Sri
niv
asYadav@Sanat
hNagar

MAJORRI
VERS/
TRI
BUTARI
ES
Godhawar
i,Kr
ishna,
Pranahi
tha,
Manai
rar
eimpor
tantr
iver
sfl
owi
ngacr
osst
hest
ate

Di
str
ict
. Ot
heri
mpor
tant

Khammam Munner
u,Vai
ra,
Kinner
asani

War
angal Munner
u,Pal
eru,
Vai
ra

Kar
imnagar Manai
r

Adi
l
abad Pr
anahi
tha,
Penganga,
War
dha

Rangar
eddy Manzi
ra,
Musi
,Cagna

Ni
zamabad Manzi
ra

Mahaboobnagar Dhi
ndi

MI
NERALSANDORES
Coal
:Adi
l
abad,
Kar
imnagar
,Khammam,

War
angal
Copper:
Nal
gonda,
Khammam

49
Ber
it
is&Asbest
os:
Khammam,

MahabubnagarI
ron:
Khammam,

Kar
imnagar
,Adi
l
abad

Lead,
Graphi
te,
Chr
omi
te&Dol
omi
te:
Khammam

Quar
tz:
Mahaboobnagar
,Medhak,
Nizamabad

50
 TEMPLESI
NTELANGANA
Yadadr
i/
Yadagi
ri
gut
ta:

LordVishnu(whoser ei
ncarnat i
onisLor dNarasimha).Themai ndeityisLakshmiNar asi
mha
Swamy .LocatedinNalgondaDi str
ict.InAncientdaysSr iYadaMahar shisonofSri
RushyashrungaMahar shi
wi t
ht heBl essi
ngsofAnj aneyaSwamyhadper for
medgr eatpenance
forLor
dNar asimhaSwamy .Af t
ersecur i
ngblessi
ngf orhispenanceLor dNarasi
mhahadcome
i
ntoexistenceinFiveAvatharascalledasSr iJwalaNar asimha,
SriYoganandaNar asimha,Sri
UgraNar asi
mha, Sri
Gandaber undaNar asimha,SriLakshmi Narasi
mha.Assucht hisisknown
as“PanchaNar asimhaKshetr am”.Bhadr achal
am LordSr eeSit
aRamachandr aSwamyTempl e
i
nBhadr achalam,Khammam Di str
ict.

Vemul
awada:

Notabl
ef ortheSriRajaRajeshwar aSwamyTempl ecompl ex,asi
teofpi l
gri
magef orbothHindu
(par
ti
cularl
ydevoteesofVi shnuandShi va)andMuslim wor shi
ppers.Buil
tbyChaluky aKings
betweenAD750and975, t
hecompl exisnamedf oritspresidi
ngdeitySriRaj
aRaj eswara
Swamy ,anincarnati
onofLor dShiva.Ithousesseveraltemplesdedicatedtootherdeiti
es
i
ncludi
ngSr iRama, Lakshmana, Lakshmi,Ganapathy,LordPadmanabhaSwamyandLor d
Bhimeshwara.Thecompl exalsocontainsa400y earoldmosque.Thet empleislocatedin
Kari
mnagarDi st
r i
ct.

Basar
a:

GnanaSaraswatiTemple(GoddessofKnowl
edge)i
slocat
edont
hebanksoft
her
iver
Godavar
iinAdil
abadDistr
ict
.

Kal
eswar
am :

Kal
eswaram Templeisl
ocatedinKaleshwaram i
sav i
l
lagei
nMahadev
purMandal
in
Kar
imnagardi
str
icti
ntheIndianst
ateofTelangana.

Dhar
mapur
i:

Dharmapur
iat
tai
nedreli
giousi
mport
anceowingtotheexi
stenceoft
heshr
inededi
cat
edt
o
Narasi
mhaSwamy .Locat
edinKar
imnangarDist
ri
ct.

Kondagat
tu:

Lor
dHanumanTemple.Accor
dingt
othef
olkl
ore,t
hetempl
ewasconst
ruct
edbyacowher
d
some300year
sago.
Locatedi
nKari
mnagarDist
ri
ct.

Al
ampur:

Jogul
ambat
empl
eisl
ocat
edi
ntheSout
h-Eastcor
neroft
hev
il
lagebesi
deTungabhadr
ari
ver
.
60
 Ol
d
templeofJogulambawasdest r
oyedbyBahamani sultansint he14thcentury.Theidolsof
Jogulambaandhert woshakt i
sChandi,Mundiwerepr otectedfrom them andplacedinBala
brahmeswaraswammyt empleunti
l2005.Thenewt empl econst r
uctedinthesamepl aceandthe
goddesswasr elocat
ed.Aspert hel
ocalpeopl
eJogul ambai sanUgr arupa(highl
yenergeti
cand
hardtoworshi
p)andt hewat erpoolnear
byitmakest heat mospher ecool.
TheYogamba
(Jogulamba)t
empl eisregar
dedasaShakt iPeethawher eSat iDevi'
supperteethfel
l.The
my t
hologyofDakshay agaandSat i
'
sselfimmolati
oni sthest or
yofor i
ginofShaktiPeethas

SammakkaSar al
ammaJat araorMedar
am Jat
araisatri
balf
esti
val
ofhonouri
ngthe
goddessescel
ebrat
edinthestat
eofTel
angana,I
ndia.
TheJatr
abeginsatMedaram i
nTadv
ai
MandalinWarangaldi
str
ict
.

Hemachal
aLakshmiNarsi
mhaSwamyTempleisthemostancientar
chi
tect
uraldivi
ne
ensembl
ewhichi
slocat
edontheMal
l
urGhatintheMangapetamandalofWar angaldi
str
ict
.

Bi
rl
aMandi
r:

Bui
ltona280f
eet(
85m)hi
ghhi
l
lockcal
l
edNaubat
hPahadona13acr
es(
53,
000m 2)pl
oti
n
Hyderabad

Chi
lkurBalaj
iTemplei
spopularl
yknownasVi saBal
aji
Templei
sananci entHindutempl
eof
Lor
dBal aj
ionthebanksofOsmanSagarLakenearHy der
abad,
India.Iti
s17km f r
om
Mehedipatnam.Iti
soneoftheoldestt
emplesinHyder
abadbui
ltduri
ngthetimeofMadanna
andAkkanna, t
heunclesofBhaktaRamadas.

RamappaTempl
e:

AShi
vat
empl
elocat
edi
nthet
empl
etownofPal
ampet
,nearWar
angal
.

ThousandPi
l
lar
sTempl
e:

AShi
vat
empleatHanmakonda,i
nWar angal
.Bhadr
akal
iTempl
eknownt
obeoneoft
heol
dest
t
empl
esforGoddessBhadr
akal
i
,locat
edinWarangal.

Komrel
l
yMall
annaTempl
e: Komuravel
li
Mal
li
kar
junaSwamyTempl e(
Lor
dShi
va)
l
ocat
edinKomurav
ell
yVi
l
lage,Cheri
yal
Mandal
,Warangal
Dist
ri
ct.

Nachagi
ri:

SriLakshmiNar
asi
mhaSwamyTempl el
ocat
edi
nNachar
am,
War
gal
Mandal
59km f
rom
Secunderabad(
JBS)
,MedakDi
str
ict
.

War
gal
:

Sr
iVi
dyaSar
aswat
iTempl
elocat
edi
nWar
gal
,47km f
rom Secunder
abad(
JBS)
,MedakDi
str
ict
.

61
Keesar
agut
ta:
Sr
iRamal
i
ngeshwar
aTempl
elocat
edi
nKeesar
a,10km f
rom ECI
L,RangaReddyDi
str
ict
.

Rat
nal
ayam:

SriVenkateswar
aTemplelocatedi
nAliabadXRoad(Raj
i
vRahadar
i)
,25km f
rom
Secunderabad(JBS)
,ShamirpetMandal,
RangaReddyDi
str
ict
.

Sanghi
Templ
e:

Lor
dVenkat
eswar
aTempl
elocat
edi
nSanghi
Nagar
,NearRamoj
iFi
l
m Ci
ty,
RangaReddyDi
str
ict
.

Tandur:

Sr
iBhav
igi
Bhadr
eswar
a(Lor
dVeer
abhadr
a)Templ
einTandurRangar
eddyDi
stofTel
angana.

Gar
lav
oddu:

Sr
iLakshmi
Nar
asi
mhaSwamyTempl
e&S.
S.M.
Ashr
amam hasbeenl
ocat
edi
nKhammam
Di
str
ict
.

Jhar
asangam :

SriKet
akiSangameshwar
aSwamyTempl
eLocat
edi
nJhar
asangam Vi
l
lageof
ZaheerabadMandal
,MedakDi
str
ict
.

Kakar
la:

Sri
VenuGopalaswamyTempl
eAndHanumanTempl
elocat
edi
nKaKar
la,
Jul
urupadManadal
,
Khammam Distr
ict
.

Beer
amguda:

Sr
iBr
amar
ambi
kaMal
l
ikar
junaSwamyTempl
elocat
edi
nBeer
amguda,
Pat
ancher
u,Hy
der
abad

BhughaTempl
e:

Sri
BhughaRaj
eshwaraswamy, Thi
sTempl
eisl
ocat
edi
nbet
weent
hreemount
ainsi
n
Bel
lampal
l
iMandali
nAdilabadDist
ri
ct.

Bont
hapal
l
y:

SriBhadrakali
SamethaVeerabhadraSwamyt emplei
nBonthapal
l
y.Bonthapal
l
yis35km
fr
om Hy derabadonHyderabad-Medakhi ghwayandthet
empleis3km awayf r
om t
he
hi
ghwayKondaPochammaTempl e:KondaKochammaTempl eislocat
edinKomaravel
l
i
vi
ll
ageofCher yalmandal
,Warangaldisr
ict

62
Vemul
akondaMat
syaNar
asi
mhaSwamyTempl
e

:I
tisv
eryfamoustemplewithaver
yamazi
ngpondoffi
sheswi
thnar
asi
mhal
ocat
edi
n
Vemul
akondavil
l
age,Vali
gondamandal
,Nal
gondadi
str
ict

Uni
ver
sit
ies&Educat
ional
&Resear
chi
nst
it
uti
onsi
nTel
angana
Uni
ver
sit
ies(
stat
efunded):
 Osmani
aUni
ver
sit
y,Hy
der
abad

 Jawahar
lal
Nehr
uTechnol
ogi
cal
Uni
ver
sit
y,
Hyder
abad.

 Kakat
iyaUni
ver
sit
y,War
angal

 Nal
sarUni
ver
sit
yofLaw(NALSAR)
,Hy
der
abad.

 Pot
tiSr
eer
amul
uTel
uguUni
ver
sit
y,Hy
der
abad

 Sat
avahanaUni
ver
sit
y,Kar
imnagar.

 Mahat
maGandhi
Uni
ver
sit
y,Nal
gonda.

 Pal
amur
uUni
ver
sit
y,Mahabubnagar

 Tel
anganaUni
ver
sit
y.Ni
zamabad

Cent
ral
Uni
ver
sit
ies:
 Uni
ver
sit
yofHy
der
abad

 Engl
i
shandFor
eignLanguagesUni
ver
sit
y,
Hyder
abad

 Maul
anaAzadNat
ional
UrduUni
ver
sit
y,Hy
der
abad

Maj
oreducat
ional
andr
esear
chi
nst
it
utes:
 I
nter
nat
ional
CropsResear
chI
nst
it
utef
ort
heSemi
-Ar
idTr
opi
cs(I
CRI
SAT)
-HYDERABAD

 I
ndi
anI
nst
it
uteofTechnol
ogy(Hy
der
abad)

 Bi
rl
aInst
it
uteofTechnol
ogyandSci
ence(Hy
der
abad)

 Nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofTechnol
ogy(War
angal
),

 I
nter
nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofI
nfor
mat
ionTechnol
ogy
,Hy
der
abad

 Nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofFashi
onTechnol
ogy
,Hy
der
abad

 Tat
aInst
it
uteofFundament
alResear
chHy
der
abad
63
  Tat
aInst
it
uteofSoci
alSci
ences,
Hyder
abad

 Nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofNut
ri
ti
onNI
N,Tar
naka,
Hyder
abad
 El
ect
roni
csCor
por
ati
onofI
ndi
aLi
mit
ed((
ECI
L))
,Hy
der
abad[
cit
ati
onneeded]

 Cent
ref
orCel
l
ularandMol
ecul
arBi
ology(
CCMB)
,Hy
der
abad

 I
ndi
anI
nst
it
uteofChemi
cal
Technol
ogy(
II
CT)
,Hy
der
abad

 Cent
ref
orDNAFi
nger
pri
nti
ngandDi
agnost
ics(
CDFD)
,Hy
der
abad

 Nat
ional
Geophy
sical
Resear
chI
nst
it
ute(
NGRI
),Hy
der
abad

 Def
enceResear
chDev
elopmentOr
gani
zat
ion(
DRDO)
,Hy
der
abad

 Def
enceMet
all
urgi
cal
Resear
chLabor
ator
y(DMRL)
,Hy
der
abad

 Nucl
earFuel
Compl
ex(
NFC)

 Nat
ional
AcademyofAgr
icul
tur
alResear
chManagement(
NAARM)
,ICAR,
Hyder
abad

 Di
rect
orat
eofRi
ceResear
ch(
DRR)
,ICAR,
Hyder
abad

 Nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofRur
alDev
elopment

 Nat
ional
Inst
it
uteofPhar
maceut
ical
Educat
ionandResear
ch,
NIPERHy
der
abad

Medi
cal
col
l
egesandr
esear
chi
nst
it
utes
 Osmani
aMedi
cal
Col
l
ege,
Kot
i,Hy
der
abad

 Gandhi
Medi
cal
Col
l
ege,
Musheer
abad,
Secunder
abad

 Ni
zam'
sInst
it
uteofMedi
cal
Sci
encesNI
MS,
Somaj
i
guda,
Hyder
abad

 Kakat
iyaMedi
cal
Col
l
ege,
War
angal

 Gov
ernmentMedi
cal
Col
l
ege,
Nizamabad

 Raj
i
vGandhi
Inst
it
uteofMedi
cal
Sci
ences,
Adi
l
abad

 Mamat
aMedi
cal
Col
l
ege,
Khammam

 DeccanCol
l
egeofMedi
cal
Sci
ences,
Hyder
abad

 ShadanI
nst
it
uteofMedi
cal
Sci
ences,
Hyder
abad

64
 Dams,
Irr
igat
ionPr
oject
sandr
eser
voi
rsofTELANGANA
Name&Pl
ace Const
ruct
edYear Mai
n

 Ni
zam Sagar,
Nizamabad(
1923):
:Dr
inki
ngwat
erf
orHy
der
abad,
Hydr
oel
ect
ri
cand
I
rr
igat
ion
 Nagar
junaSagarDam,
Nal
gonda&Gunt
ur(
1967):
:Dr
inki
ngwat
er,
Hydr
oel
ect
ri
cand
I
rr
igat
ion

 Si
ngurDam ,
Medak(
1989):
:Dr
inki
ngwat
erf
orHy
der
abad,
Hydr
oel
ect
ri
candI
rr
igat
ion

 Sr
ir
am Sagar,
Nizamabad(
1977):
:Dr
inki
ngwat
er,
Hydr
oel
ect
ri
candI
rr
igat
ion

 LowerManai
rDam,Kari
mnagar(
1985):
:Dr
inki
ngWat
erf
orKar
imangar
,
Warangal
andIr
ri
gat
ion

 UpperManai
rDam ,
Kar
imnagar(
1985):
:Dr
inki
ngWat
erandI
rr
igat
ion

 Kadam Reser
voi
r,Adi
l
abad(
1958):
:Wat
erf
orI
rr
igat
ion

 Yel
l
ampal
l
i,Kar
imnagar:
:Dr
inki
ngWat
erandI
rr
igat
ion

 Sr
isai
l
am Dam,
Kur
nool
&Mahbubnagar(
1984):
:Dr
inki
ngwat
er,
Hydr
oel
ect
ri
cand
I
rr
igat
ion

 Jur
alaPr
oject
,Mahbubnagar(
1995):
:Hy
droel
ect
ri
candI
rr
igat
ion

 Pul
i
chi
nthal
aPr
oject
,Gunt
ur&Nal
gonda:
:Hy
droel
ect
ri
candI
rr
igat
ion

 Sr
iKomar
am Bheem Pr
oject
,Adi
l
abad(
2011):
:Wat
erf
orDr
inki
ngandI
rr
igat
ion

 Ramagundam Dam ,
Kar
imnagar:
:Wat
erf
orNTPC

 LowerJur
alaHEP,
Mahabubnagar:
:Hy
droel
ect
ri
cPower

 Raj
oli
bandaDam (
1956):
:Wat
erf
orI
rr
igat
ion

 Dummugudem Li
ftI
rr
igat
ionScheme,
Khammam :
:Wat
erf
orI
rr
igat
ion

 Vat
ti
vaguReser
voi
r,Adi
l
abad

 I
cchampal
l
yPr
oject
,Kar
imnagar&Mahar
asht
ra

Li
stofI
mpor
tantNat
ional
Highway
sinTel
angana
NewNHNo. Ol
dNHNo. Rout
e(Lengt
hint
he

 44 7 Maharasht
raBorder-Adi
labad-Ni
rmal-
Ramay
ampet-Chegunt
a-Hy
derabad-Mahabubnagar-APBorder(
519.
64km)
65
  65 9 Kar
nat
akaBor
der-Zahi
rabad-Hy
der
abad-

 Sur
yapet-APbor
der(
291.
74km)

 63 16 Nizamabad-Ar
mur-Jagt
ial
-Lakshet
ti
pet-
Chi
nnur-Maharasht
raBor
der(235.15km)

 167 - Kar
nat
akabor
der-Mehboobnagar-Jadcher
la(
NH-
44)(
112km)

 163 202 Hy
der
abad-Bhongi
r-War
angal
-Venkat
apur
am -Chhat
ti
sgar
h
Bor
der(
306km)

 30 221 APBorder-Penubal
li
-Kot
tagudam -Pal
oncha-
Bhadr
achal
am -Chi
ntur
u-Chhat
ti
sgar
hborder(100km)

 61 222 Mahar
asht
rabor
der-Nar
sapur-Ni
rmal
(53.
6km)

Pol
i
ciesofGov
ernmentofTel
angana2014-
2015
Mi
ssi
onKakat
iya–

Dev elopmentandr estoringof46300t anksint elanganawi llbedone.Fort hispr

esti
gious
projectgov ernmentofTSi sspendi ngabout20, 000cr or
eI NR.Mai npur poseofthi
smi ssionis
topr ovidewat erforvarioussect or
sl i
kef armingsect or,
li
v estocksectorandmanymor e.By
thismi ssiontherewi l
lbemor eeconomyt otelanganaandt heproductionv al
ueswil
l al
sobe
i
ncr easedi naposi ti
veway .Thismissioni salsoknownas”ManaVoor uManaCher uvu“ .The
name” Kakatiya”f ort
hemi ssionwast akenf r
om ouranci entkakatiy
ar ulerswhohadagr eat
visi
onf ori mprovi
ngi r
rigationfacil
i
tiesatt elanganast at
e.Thi sproj
ectwasst ar
tedinthemont h
ofJul y2014y ear
.

Tel
anganaWat
erGr
idPr
ojectMi
ssi
on–

Themot toof”Tel anganaWat erGrid”(TWG)pr ojectistopr ovi

de100l it
resofheal t
hydr i
nking
wat erperindi
v i
dual i
nr ur al ar
eas.whi l
ecomi ngt ourbanar easeachper sonshouldget150
l
itresofhealthycleanpur edr i
nkingwat er.TWGpr oj
ectisoneoft heprestigiousprojectsl
istof
tel
anganast ate.
Irr
igationminist
erMr .Har i
shRaohasbeenwor kingont hisproj
ectf rom thedayofhi s
appoi ntmentasmi ni
ster .Thi sprojectisoneoft hemai nthingint hetelangana’sto-dolist
.The
gov ernmentwi l
lbeusi ngl atesttechnologyforthisWat ergr i
dpr oj
ect.Theynamedi thas”
Smar tWat erGrid”ast heyar eusingv ari
ousnewt echnologicalstrat
egiest oobtai
nbestr esult
s.
C.M KCRi smoni tor i
ngal l theseprojectthingsviaSecr et
ariats”Sy st
em Cont r
olandDat a
Access(SCDA)t echnol ogy .

66
 SWACHHTel
angana/
Hyder
abadMi
ssi
on–

Asweal lknowthat”SwachhBhar at”campai gnwasi nt

roducedbyourbel ovedpr imemi ni
ster
Mr.Nar endramodi anditwasagr eatsuccess.Si milarl
yinst ateoft elanganathe”Swachh
Telangana”campai gnst art
edbyChi efministeroft hest atetelanganaMr .KChanr ashekar
a
Rao.Lat er”SwacchHy derabad”wasal sostartedandt hismi ssionwast akenupbymanyf i
lm
art
istsandsportsper sonsforthedev el
opmentoft hiscause.Tel anganagov ernmenthas
al
located200cr orerupeesf undforswachhhy derabadcampai gn.Ev ennitiayoggcomi t
tee
hassent75cr orerupeesf orthi
sswachht el
anganacampai gn.Thismi ssi
onwasst arted
off
icial
lyonMay22nd2015byCM KCRandGov ernoroft hest at
et elanganaMr .ESL
Narsimhan.

Tel
anganaHar
it
haHar
am Mi
ssi
on–

Themissi
on”TelanganakuHarit
haHar am ”waslaunchedbyhonour abl
echiefministerofTS
Mr.KCRon3rdJuly2015(03/07/15)atchi
lkur,RRDist.Theforestmini
steroftel
anganast at
e
Mr.JoguRamannaisthekeypersonfortakingmeasureont hi
smi ssi
on.Histeam wil
l be
devel
opi
ngstrat
egi
esandplanstodev el
opthetreesandf or
estarea.Themot t
ooft hemi ssi
on
i
stoplant230cror
eseedli
ngsinthestateof
tel
angana.Fr
om t
his230croreseedl
i
ngs,130cr
oreseedli
ngswi
llbeoutsi
def
orestand44%of
seedl
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lbei
nforestar
ea.Remaini
ng4%areproposedtopl
antedi
nGHMC/ HMDAl i
mit
s.

Tel
anganaSt
ateI
ndust
ri
alPol
i
cy(
TSi
PASS)–

Thetelanganagov ernmenthasi ntroducedthisnewi ndust

ri
alpoli
cy”TSi PASS”on12t hJune
2014.Themot t
ooft hi
smi ssionist obri
ng”si ngl
ewi ndowpoli
cy”;itmeanst hatwhenevera
companyori nvestorwantst osetupai ndustry/companyatstateoftelangana.Theyneednot
roam arounddiff
erentoffi
cespr esentatstatebuttheycansimpl yvi
sittheoff
ici
alwebsit
eand
submittherequireddocument stotheconcer neddepartmentbywhicht heywil
lgetthei
r
l
icensesandt hi
ngst ogetwor kstar t
edattelangana.Thishasbeenalreadystart
edandcame
i
ntoforcebyTSi PASSAct2014.Manysuchnewpr ogramscall
ed”T- I
deaIncenti
vescheme
wasintroducediny ear2014byG. OMs. No.
28.

ManaVoor
uManaPr
anal
i
ka–

Nowcont i
nuedas”GramaJy othiMisssion”Tel anganaGr amaJy othiMi ssi
onProj ectdetail
s:
Thismi ssi
onistoimprovetheservi
cef orrur
alar easinstateoftelanganabymaki ngbest
str
ategiesincoresect
ors.AtGram Panchay atlevelallt
het hi
ngsar ebeingdonesot hatthings
getquickandeasyt osol
ve.Thenumberofr uraldistri
ctsinstat
ear e9andNumberofmandal s
i
nt el
anganaar e438,NumberofGr am panchay at sinTelangana(TS)are8695, Numberof
MPTCsar e6441andNumberofWar dmember sar e87838.Allthesearecol l
ecti
velywor kingfor
developingthevi
ll
agesofstatetel
anganaundert heguidanceofmanyexper t
s.Thismi ssion
comesunderdepar tmentof”Panchay atiRaj”andt hemi nist
erforthisdepartmenti sMr .K
67
Tar
akaRamar
ao.

Li
stofTel
anganaSchemes2014-
15:
Kal
yanaLakshmi
/Shaadhi
Mubar
ak–

TelanganaKaly anaLakshmi schemeandTel anganaShaadi Mubar akschemehascomei nto

forcefrom dateofOct ober2, 2014.Withi
nthreemont hsfrom t herul
etheTSgovernmenthas
start
edt hi
sschemeandgi venRs. 51000asaf inancial
assistancetowomenwhoar eget t
ing
mar r
ied.Unmar ri
edwomen( SC/ ST/Minor
it
yFami ly)whoar eabov e18yearsandparental
i
ncomeshoul dnotcross2l akhrupeeswi l
lgetthisschemes.Gov er
nmenthasspentov er129
crorerupeesandst i
llconti
nuingt hi
sshcemesuccessf ull
yinst atetel
angana.

Ar
ogy
aLakshmi
–

TelanganaArogyaLakshmi isagreatini
ti
ati
v ebyTSgov ernment.Mottoofthi
sschemei sthat
everypregnantwomeni nstatewi
llgetonenut ri
ti
ousmeal ev
erydayfort
hat9mont hsof
period.Notonlypreganantwomenev enlactatingwomenandsmal l
chil
drenagedaround6wi l
l
comei ntothi
sscheme.Al lt
hesethingswill
bet akencarebyAnganwadi centr
espresentin
eachar eaoftel
angana.Gov er
nmentisspendi ngov er627.96cror
erupeesfrom l
astyear.Thi
s
schemewasof fi
ciall
aunchedbyCM KCRonJanuar y1st2015.
Aasar
aPensi
ons–

By“ AasaraPensi onscheme“ ,Peoplewhoar einol dageandwi dows, t

oddyt appers,disabled
weav ers,HIV-Aidspat ientswil
l getbasicessential
needsf orl
iv
ings.Thesepeopl earemost l
y
peoplewhohav el ostthei
rwayofi ncomesour cessogov ernmenthasdecidedt ohelpt hem and
i
tspr esentlyrunni ng.Thisschemescomesundersoci alsafet
ynetstrategywelfaremi ssionof
tel
anganast ate.Thi snew”Aasar a”pensionschemewi l
lgivepeoplepensionsondi fferent
categories.Oldagedpeopl egetf r
om 200INRt o1000I NR, Widowsandot herment ioned
peopleabov ewi l
l getfrom 500I NRto1500I NR.TillnowtheTSgov ernmenthasspentov er
4700cr oreI NRf ort hi
spensionscheme.

Housi
ngf
ort
hePoor–

Themai nmot t
oofthis”Tel anganaHousingforPoor”schemei stoimprovethestandardof
l
ivingforthepoor
.TSgov er
nmenti spl
anningtogiv
e2BHKf l
atsinHyder
abadandot herur
ban
areas.Alr
eadytheconstructionworkhasbeenstartedandthereisspeci
alcol
onyf orthese
houses.ThecolonyispresentatI DHcolonyi
nBhoiguda,secunderabadcit
yintelangana.
Gov er
nmentisspendingabout37cr or
erupeesforthi
spoorwel f
areproj
ect.

St
rengt
henofSecur
it
yAppar
atus–

Tostr
engthenthesecuri
tyandvar
iousotherdepart
ments.TheTSgovernmenthasintroduced
manynewt hi
ngsforPoli
cedepart
ment .Tel
anganagovernmenthasspent270croreINRfor
pur
chasi
ngofnewv ehi
clesf
orCyberabadandHy der
abadpoli
cedepart
ments.At ot
alof4,433

68
 vehi
cleshavebeengiventonumberofpoli
cestati
onsbasedonr equi
rement .Anot
herimportant
proj
ectwhichTSgov er
nmentis”CCTVPr oj
ect“.Themainaim ofTSgov ernmentisinst
all
1
l
akhcctv ’
saroundtheci
tyofhyder
abadformaintai
ningsaf
etyandsecuritymeasures.By2016
thi
sprojectwil
lbecomplet
edandIhopehy der
abadwi l
lbesafeunderthesesecurit
ymeasur es.

LandDi
str
ibut
ionst
oDal
i
ts–

Accordi
ngt ostat
ist
icsfr
om TSGov ernment ,womenfrom Dalit(
959ScheduleCastemembers)
havegotnearly2524landsforagri
culturepurpose.Al
sogov ernmentishel
pingfarmersi
n
set
ti
ngupi rri
gati
onandot hermethodst oimproveagri
cul
turesot hatt
herewil
lbenomor e
sui
cidesinstateoftel
angana.Forthev eryf
ir
styearTGgov ernmenthasspentov er94cr
ore
INRforthesepurposes.

Ri
ceDi
str
ibut
ion–

Nearl
y87.57l akheli
giblefamil
iesareget t
ingr
iceatrat
eofRs.1perKGsi nceJanuary1st
2015ti
lldate.Thisschemei sapplicabletoeachandeverypersoninafamilyir
respect
iveof
memberspr esent.Eachper sonissanctionedupto6KG’sandforthisTGwelfareproj
ectever
y
monthgov ernmentr equir
es1.80lakhMTofr i
ce.Notonlyr
ural,ur
banareafamili
eseven
school
sandhost el
sar egetti
ngthisscheme.
Mainaimist oeradicatehungerdeat hsinthestat
eoftel
angana.

SHETeams–
SHEt eam i
soneoft heprogram f
rom listofwomen/gir
lsafetyandsecuritymissi
ons.TheSHE
team isaspeci
al f
orcetotackl
eev e-
teasersandstal
kerspresentinurbanareasandr ural
areas.
Telanganagovernmenthasmadea7membercommi tt
eewhi chisheadedby”I ASofficer
Poonam Malakondaiah”underhisgui dancevar
iousprogr
ammesar etakingplaceforwomen
safety&securi
tyinstat
eoft el
angana.TheseprogramesunderTel anganaPolici
espdfand
TelanganaSchemesl i
stpdf.SHEteam camei ntoForceonApr i
l1st2015.

Famousandnot
abl
epeopl
efr
om Tel
angana
Roy
alt
y
 Rani
Rudr
amaDev
i

 Pr
atapar
udr
aII

TheNi
zam ofHy
der
abad
 Mi
rAhmedAl
iKhan

 Mi
rNi
zam Al
iKhan

 Mi
rAkbarAl
iKhan

69
  Mi
rTahni
yat
hAl
iKhan

 Mi
rMahbubAl
iKhan

 Mi
rOsmanAl
iKhan

Lawy
ers
 SubodhMar
kandey
aSeni
orAdv
ocat
eoft
heSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndi
a

Mi
l
itar
yChi
efs
 Ai
rChi
efMar
shal
Idr
isHasanLat
if
,Chi
efofSt
affI
ndi
anAi
rFor
ce1978–81.

 Ai
rChi
efMar
shal
Deni
sLaFont
aine,
Chi
efofSt
affI
ndi
anAi
rFor
ce1985–88.

 Ai
rChi
efMar
shal
Fal
iHomi
Maj
or,
Chi
efofSt
affI
ndi
anAi
rFor
ce2007–09.

Poet
s
 Bammer
aPot
hana

 MuhammadQul
iQut
bShah

 Amj
adHy
der
abadi

 Makhdoom Mohi
uddi
n,Ur
dupoetandMar
xistpol
i
tical
act
ivi
stofI
ndi
a.

 Kr
ishnamachar
yul
uDasar
adhi
(1925–1987)
,poetandpol
i
tical
act
ivi
ty

 Suddal
aHanmant
hu,
poetbestknownf
ort
heTel
uguf
olksong"
Pal
l
etoor
i
Pil
l
agada"

 Gummadi
Vit
tal
Rao,
bal
l
adeerandNaxal
i
teact
ivi
st

 Gor
eti
Venkanna,
poetandf
olksi
nger

 Rasamay
iBal
akr
ishna,
fol
ksi
nger
,poetandpol
i
tical
act
ivi
st

 Ampasay
yaNav
een

 Fani
Baday
uni
,not
edUr
dupoet

 Mahar
ajaSi
rKi
shenPer
shad,
Urdupoet
.

 Bul
emoni
Venkat
eshwar
lu

 C.Nar
ayanar
eddy
70
  Sunki
reddyNar
ayanaReddy

 Chandr
abose

 Gaddar

 Kancher
laGopannaorBhakt
aRamadasu

 Pal
kur
iki
Somanna

 Pamul
apar
thi
Sadasi
vaRao

 Suddal
aHanmant
hu

 Suddal
aAshokTej
a

 Sur
avar
am Pr
atapar
eddy

 Seshappa

 Vaj
j
alaShi
vaKumar

 Var
avar
aRao

 Pamul
apar
thi
Sadasi
vaRao

 Vat
ti
kot
aAl
war
Swamy

 GonaBuddaReddy

 Andesr
i

 Dasar
adhi
Rangachar
ya

 Khaj
aAr
if
uddi
n,Ami
r,Jamaat
-e-
Isl
ami
Hind,
AP&Or
issa

Awar
ds
Bhar
atRat
na

 Zaki
rHussai
n(pol
i
tici
an)

PadmaVi
bhushan

 Zaki
rHussai
n(pol
i
tici
an)

 Rav
iNar
ayanReddy(
1992)

 Kal
oji

 Ci
ngi
reddyNar
ayanaReddy(
2000)
71
  Al
iYav
arJung

 Padmaj
aNai
du

 DadaSahebPhal
keAwar
d

 Pai
diJai
raj
(1980)

PadmaBhushan

 C.Nar
ayanar
eddy

 Har
indr
anat
hChat
topadhy
ay[
cit
ati
onneeded]

 Har
oonKhanSher
wani

 Raj
aandRadhaReddy

Jnanpi
thAwar
d

 C.Nar
ayanar
eddyf
orhi
sTel
ugupoet
icwor
k

 Vi
swambar
a(1988)
Sahi
tyaAkademi
Awar
dinTel
ugu

 Suravar
am Pr
atapReddyf
orhi
ssoci
alhi
stor
ybookAndhr
ulaSanghi
kaChar
it
amu
(1955)

 Daasar
athi
Kri
shnamachar
yul
uforhi
sTi
mir
amot
hosamar
am 1974

Ar
junaAwar
d

 MohammadAzhar
uddi
n-Cr
icket

 Mi
thal
iRaj
-Cr
icket

 MukeshKumar-Hockey

Padmasr
iAwar
d

 Ner
ell
aVenuMadhav

 MohammadAhmedZaki

 MukeshKumar(
fi
eldhockey
)

 Sani
aMi
rza

 Gaj
am Anj
aiah

72
  Raj
aandRadhaReddy

 Say
yidAhmedul
l
ahQadr
i

 Sai
naNehwal

Bhat
nagarAwar
d

 Sur
eshVenapal
l
y(f
iel
dMat
hemat
ical
Sci
ences)

Spor
ts
 MukeshKumar(
fi
eldhockey
)

 MohammadAzhar
uddi
n-Cr
icket
(I
ndi
ant
eam capt
ain)

 Mi
thal
iRaj
-Cr
icket

 Sani
aMi
rza-Tenni
s

 Mi
rMoht
esham Al
iKhan-BodyBui
l
ding

 Par
upal
l
iKashy
ap-Badmi
nton
 Sai
naNehwal
-Badmi
nton

 V.
V.S.
Laxman-Cr
icket

 Jwal
aGut
ta-Badmi
nton

 GaganNar
ang-
Shoot
ing

Pol
i
tical
 Al
i
minet
iMadhav
aReddyEx-HomeMi
nist
erofAndhr
aPr
adesh

 Burgul
aRamakrishnaRao, f
ir
stel
ect
edChi
efMi
nist
eroft
he
HyderabadSt
ate(IndependentI
ndi
a)

 P.V.Nar
asi
mhaRao,
Ex-
CM ofAPandni
nthPr
imeMi
nist
erofI
ndi
a

 P.Shi
vShankar,
Ex-
MP,
Uni
onLawMi
nist
er-GOI

 G.Sanj
eev
aReddy,
Ex-
MPRaj
yaSabha,
Ex-Mi
nist
erofl
abour

 Mar
riChennaReddy,
Ex-CM ofAndhr
aPr
adesh

 Tangut
uri
Anj
aiah,
Ex-CM ofAndhr
aPr
adesh

 G.VenkatSwamyEx-MP(
14t
hLokSabha)
,Ex-Mi
nist
er,
GOI

 Kal
vakunt
laChandr
ashekarRaoMP,Ex-cent
ral
Mini
ster
,Tel
anganar
asht
ra
73
 sami
thi
andFi
rstChi
efMi
nist
erofTel
anganaSt
ate

 TadurBal
aGoudChampi
onofBackwar
dClasscommuni
tyandwasf
ormer
Mini
ster
,MLAandtwi
ceaMPin8th&9thLokSabha

 Bandar
uDat
tat
rey
a,MP(
LokSabha)andMi
nist
er,
GOI

 Jai
pal
Reddy,
Ex-
MP(
13t
h,14t
hand15t
hLokhSabha)
,Mi
nist
er,
GOI

 ChukkaRamai
ah,
MLC,
educat
ional
i
st

Wel
lknownPeopl
efr
om Tel
angana
 SuddalaHanumanthu,f
reedom f
ight
er,
wri
ter,
bal
ladeer,
inspi
red
thousandsofTel
anganafolkdur
ingTel
anganaRebell
i
on

 Chakal
iAi
l
amma

 Komar
am Bheem,
20t
hcent
uryf
reedom f
ight
er

 Kot
hapal
l
iJay
ashankar(
bor
n1934)
,pol
i
tical
act
ivi
standacademi
c
 K.Kavi
tha(Bor
n1978)
,pol
i
tical
act
ivi
st,
founderandPr
esi
dentofTel
angana
Jagr
uthiSamit
hi

 M.Kodandar
am (
Born1955)
,Pol
iti
cal
Act
ivi
standChai
rmanofAl
l
-Par
ty
Tel
anganaJoi
ntAct
ionCommitt
ee(TJAC)

 V.Sr
ini
vasGoud,
Presi
dent
,Tel
anganaGazet
tedOf
fi
cer
sAssoci
ati
on

 V.Pr
akash,
Pol
i
tical
Act
ivi
stNewswr
it
ers

 Vat
ti
kot
aAl warSwamy( 1915–1961),
Teluguwr
it
er,
humanr
ight
sact
ivi
st,
communistl
eader,
jour
nalistandpubl
isher

 Sur
avar
am Pr
atapar
eddy(
1896–1953)
,soci
alhi
stor
ian

 Suddal
aAshokTej
a,Tol
l
ywoodl
yri
cwr
it
er

 Ar
unoday
aVi
mal
a,bal
l
adeerandsoci
alact
ivi
st

Educat
ion
 Prof
.K.Venkat
aRami
ah,
FounderVi
ce-chancel
l
orofKakat
iyaUni
ver
sit
y,
FormerMemberUPSC

 Arj
ulaRamachandraReddy,
Dist
ingui
shedBiologi
st,
FounderVi
ce-
chancel
l
or
ofYogiVemanaUniver
sit
y&Fell
owoft heI
ndianAcademyof
Sci
ences,
Bangal
ore.

74
  ChukkaRamai
ah,
MLC,
educat
ioni
standTel
anganaact
ivi
st

I
AS/
IPS/
IFSof
fi
cer
s

 Jay
ant
hMuni
gal
a,I
AS1986Jhar
khand-Fi
rstI
ASof
fi
cerf
rom Adi
l
abadDi
str
ict

75