About Telangana:
Telangana is a region in south-central India, currently part of Andhra Pradesh state. The region is rich in natural resources such as rivers (Godavari, Krishna), Coal (makes up 20% of the coal deposits in the country), Limestone and forests (about 30% of the region is covered with thick forests). In spite of such richness in natural resources, today it is one of the poorest regions in the country, mainly, due to the exploitation and neglect of successive governments. It is ironical that Hyderabad, fifth largest city in the country, an international IT hub is the main city of the region. Unfortunately, all the revenue that Hyderabad generates is diverted to other regions of the state. Currently, Telangana people are agitating for a separate state.
Festivals:
Dasara
Deepawali,
Eid-ul-Fitr
Ugadi
Bathukamma (Unique to Telangana)
Bonalu (Unique to Telangana)
Vinayaka Chavithi (Celebrated with equal enthusiasm as in Maharashtra)
Sankranti
Below are some of the festivals that both Hindus and Muslims of the region celebrate with equal enthusiasm and a sense of brotherhood.
Holi
Rakhi
Moharram
Famous People:
Komaram Bheem – A fearless leader of “Gond” Tribals in Adilabad during early 20th century. He opposed the imposition of cess on tribals by Nizam’s government and fought against them, sacrificing his life in the process. Allani Sridhar made a movie on Komaram Bheem.
Raavi Narayana Reddy – A hero of “Telangana Sayudha Poratam” and one of the founding members of Communist Party of India. He later served as a Member of Parliament (Nalgonda Constituency) in 1st and 3rd Lok Sabhas.
Kaloji Narayana Rao – Kaloji was a fearless freedom fighter and a great poet. Both his life and his literary works were completely dedicated to fighting against injustice to common people, which made him to be popularly known as “Praja Kavi” i.e., People’s Poet. He was also conferred with “Padma Vibhushan”, the 2nd highest civilian award by Government of India. Some of his famous literary works were Naa Godava, Jeevana Geetha (translation of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet), Telangana Udyama Kavithalu and Kaloji Kathalu. Kaloji showed his selflessness in death aswell by donating his body to Kakatiya Medical College.
P.V. Narsimha Rao – P.V. (as he was popularly known) was the 10th prime minister of India and first prime Minister from the south. He is considered the “Father of Indian economic reforms”, the fruits of which all Indians are enjoying today. P.V started played an active role in “Quit India” movement and later started his political career by joining Indian National Congress. He served in various portfolios in both state (he was Andhra Pradesh CM between 1971-73) and central governments. He was supposed to have mastered about 17 languages (including French, German and Spanish). Many people may not know but P.V. made some great literary contributions as well. He made many translations, wrote poems, short stories etc. Some of his notable works are “SahasraPhan” a translation of Viswanath Satyanarayana’s “Veyi Padagalu”, “Golla Ramavva” a humurous and touching short story (Included in Vandella Telugu Katha compilation)
Burugula Ramakrishna Rao – The first elected chief minister of the Hyderabad state (post-Nizam), Burugula Ramakrishna Rao was a eminent lawyer before joining the freedom struggle. He fought against the Nizam rule and played a great part (along with Swami Ramananda Teertha) in the timely intervention of Indian Army (known as Police Action) to free Hyderabad state from Nizam’s rule and its eventual merger into Indian Union. He is famous to have formulated and implemented the historic “Land Reforms” Act (Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act).
History:
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