The then Telugu Desam Party government, headed by N T Rama Rao, brought out a Government Order to safeguard the interests of Telangana people in government employment.
Till 1999, there was no demand from any quarters for division of the state on regional lines.
In 1999, Congress demanded creation of Telangana state. Congress was then smarting under crushing defeats in successive elections to the state Assembly and Parliament with the ruling Telugu Desam Party in an unassailable position.
Yet another chapter opened in the struggle for Telangana when Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao, who was seething over denial of Cabinet berth in the Chandrababu Naidu government, walked out of TDP and launched Telangana Rashtra Samiti on April 27, 2001.
Telangana movement: A brief history and chronology
Hyderabad, July 30: Following is a brief history of Andhra Pradesh and chronology of the movement for Telangana state:The region, now being called Telangana, was part of the erstwhile Hyderabad state which was merged into
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