# Telangana becomes the 29th state
**तेलंगाना उनतीसवाँ राज्य बना**

- Canonical page: https://indianepics.online/event/telangana-2014/
- Chapter: [The Republic and its states](https://indianepics.online/chapter/republic.md)
- Track: evidence (archaeology and documents)
- When: 2014 CE
- Where: Hyderabad, Telangana (17.385, 78.487)
- Tags: state-formation, political

## Summary

After a movement going back to 1969, Andhra Pradesh is split on 2 June; Hyderabad serves as joint capital for up to ten years.

1969 से चले आ रहे आंदोलन के बाद 2 जून को आंध्र प्रदेश का विभाजन; हैदराबाद अधिकतम दस वर्षों तक दोनों राज्यों की संयुक्त राजधानी।

## Account

The first new state since Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand in 2000. The Andhra Pradesh assembly voted to reject the bill in January 2014; under Article 3 a state legislature's views are sought but do not bind Parliament, which passed the bill the next month.

Hyderabad's term as the shared capital ended on 2 June 2024. The 2019 reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir left 28 states.

## Sources

- Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Act 6 of 2014) (Enacted 1 March 2014; appointed day 2 June 2014)

## Image

Charminar Hyderabad 1. DidierTais, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACharminar_Hyderabad_1.jpg

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