Telangana (IPA: ) is a land-locked state in southern India.

Its area of 114,840 km

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makes it the twelfth-largest state in the country. Most of it was part of the princely state of
Hyderabad (Medak and Warangal Divisions), which was ruled by the Nizams during the British
Raj until 1947, and later until 1948, when it joined the Union of India. A small portion was part
of Madras. In 1956, Hyderabad state was dissolved and Andhra State was merged with the
Telangana region of the state of Hyderabad to form the state of Andhra Pradesh. On 2 June 2014,
Telangana became the 29th state of India, consisting of the ten north-western districts of Andhra
Pradesh.
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The city of Hyderabad will serve as the joint capital of Telangana and the successor
state of Andhra Pradesh for up to ten years.
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Telangana is bordered by the states of Andhra
Pradesh to the south and east, Maharashtra to the north and north-west, Karnataka to the west
and Chhattisgarh to the north-east. Telangana has an area of 114,840 square kilometres
(44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census).
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Hyderabad,Secunderabad,
Warangal, Karimnagar and Nizamabad are the major cities in Telangana State.The name
Telangana is thought to have been derived from the word Telugu, which is the land of Telugu-
speaking people. Trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, which translates to "the country of the three
lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Lord Shiva descended as linga on three mountains, namely
Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama, which marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa
which then is later called as 'Thelinga', 'Telunga', 'Telugu'.
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The name "Telangana" was designated to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region
of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly Marathi-speaking one, Marathwada.
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One of the earliest uses of a word similar to Telangana can be seen in a name of Malik Maqbul
(14th century C.E.), who was called Tilangani, which implies that he was from Tilangana. He
was the commander of Warangal Fort (Kaaka pludu in Telugu).
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Culture
Telangana has typical cosmopolitan cultural background with population from India / outside
India. It has distinctive culture inheriting cultural customs from Persian traditions embedded
during Moghuls and Nizams rule with prominent south Indian traditions and customs but even
some of the north Indian festivals are popularly celebrated across the state.
Art and literature
Telangana's cultural heritage includes the poet Pothana who composed SriMad Andhra Maha
Bhagavatamu, a Telugu translation of Sri Bhagavatham.
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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was the
first Saheb-e-dewan Urdu poet.
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Other poets of Telangana from the early era include Kancherla
Gopanna or Bhakta Ramadasu, Gona Budda Reddy, Palkuriki Somanatha, Maiha Sri, and
Hulukki Bhaskara. In the modern era poets include such figures as Padma Vibhushan, Kaloji
Narayana Rao, Sahitya Akademi Award recipient Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, Vachaspathi
Puraskar award recipient Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi, and Jnanpith Award recipient C. Narayana
Reddy, as well as P. V. Narasimha Rao, ninth prime minister of India. Samala Sadasiva was
selected for the Kendra Sahitya Puraskaram distinction. His book Swaralayalu on the subject of
Hindustani classical music won the award for the year 2011.
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Cuisine
Telangana has two types of cuisines, the Telugu cuisine and Hyderabadi cuisine. Telugu cuisine
is the part of South Indian cuisine characterised by their highly spicy food. Hyderabadi cuisine,
an amalgamation of Arab, Mughlai, Telugu, Turkish cuisines, developed by the Qutb Shahi
dynasty and the nizams of Hyderabad. It comprises a broad repertoire of rice, wheat and meat
dishes and various spices and herbs.
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Festivals

A number of festivals are observed and celebrated in Telangana. Regional festivals include
Bonalu (celebrating the Hindu goddess of power, Mahakali), Bathukamma (celebrating the
Hindu goddess Mahagauri), Sammakka Saralamma Jatara (celebrating tribal goddesses) and
Edupayala Jatara (held on Mahasivaratri day, Medak). Apart from these, all the major Indian
festivals like Dusshera, Ganesh Chaturthi, Ugadi (New Year of the Deccan), Diwali, Sankranti
etc., are also celebrated. Muslims in Telangana celebrate the Islamic festivals of Eid al-Fitr, Eid
al-Adha, Muharram and Mawlid. Christians celebrate Christmas, and observe Good Friday
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Mineral resources
There are also extensive coal deposits, which are excavated by the Singareni Collieries
Company, for power generation and industrial purposes.
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There are limestone deposits in the
area, which are utilised by cement factories. Telangana also has deposits of bauxite and mica.
Kothagudem Jammikunta, Palwancha are amongst the industrial towns in the state.










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