The 1969 Telangana Movement: A 45-Year Road to Statehood — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

Telangana formally became India’s 29th state on 2 June 2014, under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which also made Hyderabad the joint capital of both states for up to 10 years.

The Srikrishna Committee’s stated top preference was to keep Andhra Pradesh united with a statutory Telangana Regional Council. Separate statehood was among the options it discussed, but not its lead recommendation.

KCR founded the TRS on 27 April 2001 in Hyderabad, on a single-point agenda of separate Telangana statehood with Hyderabad as its capital.

The Six Point Formula was announced on 28 September 1973 by Indira Gandhi’s government. It abolished the Mulki Rules, created six administrative zones, and kept Andhra Pradesh unified.

TPS’s founding convenor was journalist Ananthula (Madan) Mohan, alongside other journalist co-founders. Marri Chenna Reddy took over leadership soon after and became the movement’s most prominent face.

Telangana finally became India’s 29th state in 2014, achieving what the 1969 movement had originally demanded.

The demand echoed and drew on the earlier Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1956, a set of safeguards promised to Telangana at merger.

Politician Marri Chenna Reddy led the movement and founded the Telangana Praja Samithi party in 1969.

The rallying slogan of the movement was ‘Jai Telangana,’ expressing regional pride and the demand for separate statehood.

A major agitation for a separate Telangana state broke out in 1969, just over a decade after Andhra Pradesh’s formation.