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Telangana became India's 29th state officially at midnight (from 00:01 hours) of June 2. People celebrated the historic moment with bursting of crackers and wished everyone on the happy occassion.

K Chandrasekhar Rao, the leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), has been sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Telangana at around 8.15 am.



And ESL Narasimhan was sworn in the first Governor of Telangana earlier in the morning. President's rule, that had been imposed in the state after Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, has been revoked by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.  

Later in the day, KCR (as K Chandrasekhar Rao is popularly known) will meet his new cabinet. After that the new chief minister will address the newly formed state.

Here is everything that you would like to know about Telangana:

Area

Telangana is the 13th largest state in India in terma of area. It has 1.14 lakh square kilometre.

Population

According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 3.52 Crore. At present Telangana is home to 41% of the population of Andhra Pradesh state.

Districts

Hyderabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy and Warangal.

Strengths

Hyderabad the major developed and industrialized district came to the new state
Telangana has a massive chunk of natural resources
68 % of Krishna river's catchment area
79 % of Godavari river 's catchment area
45 % of forest cover from united Andhra has come to Telangana

Weaknesses

Naxal hotbed
Law and order could be a challenge for the new state
Telangana region has acute power shortage
The region has mostly barren land

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