Telangana State Formation Day was celebrated on 2 June

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CONTEXT:

  • Telangana was formed on 2nd June in 2014 following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. A number of cultural events, sports, and social events lined up in the state as part of the celebration.
  • The celebrations are held in all the 30 districts of the state.

BACKGROUND:

  • The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected as the first chief minister of Telangana, following elections in which the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party secured a majority.
  • On 1 July 2013, the Congress Working Committee unanimously passed a resolution to recommend the formation of a separate Telangana state. After various stages, the bill was placed in the Parliament of India in February 2014.
  • In February 2014, Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 bill was passed by the Parliament of India for the formation of Telangana state comprising ten districts from north-western Andhra Pradesh. The bill received the assent of the President and published in the Gazette on 1 March 2014.

Telangana is bordered by the states of:

  • Maharashtra to the north
  • Chhattisgarh and Karnataka to the west
  • Andhra Pradesh to the south and east
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