Telangana (Telugu:

) is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was formerly part

of Hyderabad State (Medak and Warangal divisions) which was ruled by the Nizams. Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra to the north and north-west, Karnataka to the west, Chhattisgarh to the north-east and Odisha to the east. Andhra Pradesh State had three main cultural regions: Telangana, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. The Telangana region has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census) which was 41.6% of Andhra [2][3][4] Pradesh state population. Telangana comprises 10 districts: Hyderabad, Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad,Ra ngareddy, and Warangal. Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godavari district (part of coastal Andhra Pradesh), which are on the other side of the river Godavari were merged into Khammam district on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. Similarly, Munagala mandal was added to Nalgonda district from Krishna district in 1959. TheMusi, Manjira, Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east. Hyderabad and Warangal are two of the largest cities in Telangana. On 30 July 2013, the ruling Congress party resolved to request the Central government to make steps in accordance with the Constitution to form a separate state of Telangana (the 29th independent state of Republic of India), within a definite time frame. The timeline for the creation of the new state [5] involves an elaborate process, which has been allotted 122 days, or at least four months. The city [6][7] of Hyderabad would serve as the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for ten years. The proposal is to be approved by the Parliament of India and The President of India before the formation of new state. On 3 October 2013, Union Cabinet approved the creation of a new State of Telangana by [8] bifurcating the existing State of Andhra Pradesh.