Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.6 Andhra Pradesh and the Telangana statehood movement (1956–2014)

10.6.5 From the Srikrishna Committee to statehood: mass protests, the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 and formation on 2 June 2014

After the Srikrishna Committee (February–December 2010) set out six options, the Telangana Joint Action Committee led mass protests (Million March, Sakala Janula Samme, Sagara Haram) until the Congress Working Committee (30 July 2013) and the Union Cabinet (3 October 2013) decided on bifurcation; Parliament passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill on 18 and 20 February 2014, the President assented on 1 March 2014, and Telangana became India's 29th state on 2 June 2014.

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Key terms

  • Srikrishna Committee
  • Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh
  • Ranbir Singh
  • Abusaleh Shariff
  • Ravinder Kaur
  • Vinod K. Duggal
  • six options
  • Telangana Regional Council
  • chapter 8
  • non-cooperation movement 2011
  • Million March
  • Tank Bund
  • Sakala Janula Samme
  • Singareni
  • Sagara Haram
  • Necklace Road
  • Sadak Bandh
  • Chalo Assembly
  • CWC resolution 30 July 2013
  • Antony committee
  • Group of Ministers
  • Sushil Kumar Shinde
  • Article 3
  • draft bill rejected 30 January 2014
  • pepper spray
  • voice vote
  • 18 February 2014
  • 20 February 2014
  • special category status
  • President's rule
  • Act No. 6 of 2014
  • appointed day
  • 2 June 2014
  • 29th state
  • common capital
  • Apex Council
  • Krishna River Management Board
  • Godavari River Management Board
  • Polavaram
  • seven mandals
  • K. Chandrashekar Rao
  • E.S.L. Narasimhan
  • Bharat Rashtra Samithi
  • TG

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