Telangana

Telangana or Telengana or Telingana (Telugu: తెలంగాణ) is a region of Andhra Pradesh state in India. It has been proposed as a new state in December 2009. The name means "land of Telugus". It comprises of the Telugu speaking parts of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range, and includes the northwestern interior districts of Warangal, Adilabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, and the state capital, Hyderabad. The Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east.




On December 9, 2009, the Government of India announced its decision to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh as a new state.