A timeline:
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On January 19, 1969: An All-Party Agreement was reached to ensure the proper implementation of Telangana safeguards. The movement became violent and in some instances police had to resort to firing to control the mobs.
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On April 12, 1969: Prime Minister mooted an eight point plan, but Telangana leaders rejected it and protests continued under the leadership of newly-formed political party Telangana Praja Samithi (1969) asking for the formation of Telangana.
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On 21 September 1973: A political settlement was reached with the Government of India with a six-point formula. It stated that the leaders of the two regions will prevent any recurrence of such agitations in the future. However, to avoid legal problems, the Indian Constitution was Amended (32nd Amendment) to give the legal sanctity to the Six-point formula. In 1985, when Telangana employees complained about the violations to six-point formula, Government enacted Government Order 610 (GO 610) to correct the violations in recruitment. As Telangana people complained about non-implementation of GO 610, in 2001, the Government constituted Girglani commission to look into violations.
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In 1997: The State Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed a resolution seeking a separate Telangana. A new party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), led by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), was formed in 2001 with the single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana State with Hyderabad as its capital.
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In 2001: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) had sent a resolution to the NDA Government for constituting a second SRC to look into the Telangana State demand, but was rejected by then Union Home Minister LK Advani. The leader had cited that smaller States were neither viable nor conducive to the integrity of the country.
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In April 2002: Advani wrote a letter to MP A Narendra rejecting a proposal to create Telangana explaining : "Regional disparities in economic development could be tackled through planning and efficient use of available resources". He said that the NDA Government, therefore, does not propose creation of a separate State of Telangana. However, in 2012, Advani said that if their then partner TDP cooperated during NDA tenure, a separate State of Telangana could have been created.
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In February 2009: The State Government declared that it had no objection, in principle, to the formation of separate Telangana and that the time had come to move forward decisively on this issue.
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During the 2009 General Elections: All the major parties in Andhra Pradesh supported the formation of Telangana.
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In the 2009 elections: TRS managed to win only 10 Assembly Seats out of the 45 it contested and only 2 MP seats.
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On 29 November 2009: TRS started a fast-unto-death, demanding that the Congress introduce a Telangana Bill in Parliament.
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December 6-7, 2009: General strikes across Andhra Pradesh were witnessed in favour of Telangana Statehood.
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On December 7, 2009: In an All-Party Meeting called by the State Government to discuss KCR's fast, all major Opposition parties extended their support for a separate State for Telangana. The State Congress and its ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen have left it to the Congress high command to take a final decision.
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On 9 December 2009: The then Union Minister of Home Affairs P Chidambaram announced that the Central Government would begin the process of forming a separate Telangana State, pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. This resulted in protests across both Andhra and Rayalseema. Students, workers, lawyers and various organisations in the regions launched the Samaikyandhra Movement demanding that the State be kept united. MLAs from these regions also submitted their resignations in protest seeking a reversal of the Home Minister's statement.
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On December 23, 2009: The Government announced that no action on Telangana will be taken until a consensus is reached by all political parties and groups in the State. Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region MLAs started withdrawing their resignations while MLAs and Ministers from Telangana started submitting their resignations, and demanded that the Centre take immediate steps to initiate the process of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.
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In 2010: Srikrishna Committee was formed by the Government over the Telangana issue.
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On March 10, 2010: A Million March was organised by Telangana JAC in Hyderabad.
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On December 16, 2010: Two weeks before the deadline for the submission of the Srikrishna Committee Report, TRS organised a public meeting in Warangal. It was estimated that 1.2 to 1.5 million people attended the meeting.
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On January 6, 2011: An All-Party Meeting was boycotted by the TRS, BJP and TDP. These parties also rejected 500-page Srikrishna Committee Report, which was released by the Government.
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On 23 March 2011: Justice L Narasimha Reddy of Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered the Centre to make contents of 8th chapter of Srikrishna Committee public, which was submitted in a sealed secret cover to the Centre.
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On April 26, 2011: A division bench comprising the Chief Justice of the AP High Court stayed the order of Justice L Narasimha Reddy who had directed the Centre to make public the secret Chapter.
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On February 17, 2011: Noncooperation movement was started which lasted for 16 days with participation by 300,000 Government employees. It caused a loss of Rs 8 billion per day in revenue to the Government. Assembly session was also boycotted for weeks and Parliament Session was disrupted for several days by Telangana representatives.
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From April till June, 2011: The movement saw a lull with different political parties citing various reasons and fresh deadlines to renew the agitation. In July, 81 of 119 Telangana MLAs in the State, 12 out of 15 Telangana Ministers in State, 13 out of 17 Telangana MPs in Lok Sabha, 1 Rajya Sabha MP (Congress), 20 MLCs resigned protesting delay in the formation of Telangana.
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On July 20, 2011: A 30-year-old Yadi Reddy was found dead 100 yards from Parliament House in Delhi.
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On July 23, 2011: The speaker of the AP Assembly rejected the resignations of all 101 MLAs citing that they were made in an emotionally surcharged atmosphere. All Telangana MPs who earlier submitted their resignations and were boycotting the Parliament Session also decided to attend Parliament's Monsoon Session citing Sonia Gandhi's ill health.
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Starting September 13, 2011: Strike organised by all sections of people supporting Telangana Statehood, Government employees throughout Telangana stayed out of work, lawyers boycotted courts and 60,000 coal miners of Singareni Collieries (SCCL Ltd) also joined the strike. Soon the Government teachers, State Road Transport corporation employees and State Electricity Board Employees joined the strike.
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On September 30, 2011: As the strike entered the 18th day, even while Congress central leadership met several Telangana Congress leaders, JAC called a bundh in Hyderabad city.
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On October 2, 2011: JAC leaders, employee unions leaders and TRS leaders including KCR met the Prime Minister to explain the situation in Telangna due to the strike and asked to expedite the decision on the Statehood demand. The strike had resulted in an unprecedented power crisis in the State with only 223 MU of power generated against the demand of 275MU impacting both the industry and agriculture.
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On October 15, 2011: Due to rail blockade call, at least 110 trains were cancelled and 68 trains were diverted by authorities. The railways operated 12 trains and Hyderabad metro trails with full police protection.
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On October 16, 2011: Public transport employees called off the strike.
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On October 29, 2011: Three Congress party MLAs belonging to Telangana region resigned and joined TRS in protest as they were disappointed with the Congress leadership's delay in Telangana State formation.
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In November 2011: Telangana Rashtra Samiti Vidyarthi Vibhagam ( TRSV) State president Balki Suman was arrested by Hyderabad Police after cases were registered against him in connection with damaging statues on Tank Bund during the 'Million March,' attacking police personnel, damaging police and media vehicles.
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On November 1, 2011: Congress MLA Komatireddy Venkat Reddy started an indefinite hunger strike until the Central Government announced a roadmap for Telangana State.
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In January 2012: BJP led by State party president Kishan Reddy started the 22 day Telangana 'Poru Yatra', across 88 Assembly Constituencies stressing the need for Telangana stance.
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On August 14, 2012: KCR gave a deadline to the Centre to declare Statehood in 2 weeks and promised to launch another round of agitation if the Government doesn't act soon.
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On September 6, 2012: KCR left for Delhi and announced that the issue will be resolved by end of September.
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On September 28, 2012: After long discussions between JAC leaders and Ministers from Telangana region, the State Government ignored warnings about possible breakdown of law and order, gave permission to the March. The JAC leaders gave written assurance to the Government that the agitation programme will be conducted in a peaceful and Gandhian manner from 3pm to 7pm on September 30. Indian Railways cancelled several Express and passenger trains and all local and sub-urban train services in Hyderabad reportedly on the advise of the Police.
Meanwhile, after setting September 30 as the deadline for the Centre to announce the formation of Telangana, the TJAC threatened to organise a 'Telangana March' in Hyderabad on the lines of the 'Dandi March'.
Meanwhile, after setting September 30 as the deadline for the Centre to announce the formation of Telangana, the TJAC threatened to organise a 'Telangana March' in Hyderabad on the lines of the 'Dandi March'.
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On September 30, 2012: On the day of the march, Police closed the gates and blocked students at the Osmania University gate and other protestors at several places in the city when they were proceeding in rallies towards the March venue.
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On December 28, 2012: A meeting was organised by the then Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to discuss the Telangana issue. It was attended by 8 political parties having significant presence in the State legislature. After hearing views of all the parties, the Home Minister said that this will be the last such meeting on this issue and that the Government will come up with a decision within 30 days. In the meeting, MIM & CPI(M) reiterated their strong opposition to division of the State. YSR Congress remained neutral and requested the Central Government to take a decision. Congress representatives gave conflicting views, one supporting the division and one opposing it.
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On January 27, 2013: The Home Minister remarked that the consultation process was going on and that it may take little more time to reach a final decision. Meanwhile, the protests intensified in Telangana.
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On March 21, 2013: The TJAC organised road blockade of NH 7 in Mahbubnagar district protesting delay in Telangana State formation. Agitators were arrested by police for violating prohibitory orders and damaging public property.
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In April 2013: Five Congress MPs started a 48-hour sit-in protest at the entrance of Parliament. The TJAC also conducated a rally, i.e., 'Sansad Yatra' at Jantar Mantar, Delhi to highlight the movement at the national level.
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On May 11, 2013: Senior leader and politburo member Kadiyam Srihari quit TDP and joined TRS expressing displeasure over party's ambivalent stand on the Telangana Statehood issue. He had represented the TDP at the All-Party meeting in New Delhi on Telangana in December 2012. Four days later, he joined TRS party and said he is doing so to pay back to his motherland by being part of the Statehood movement.
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On June 2, 2013: Two Congress MPs G Vivekanand and Manda Jagannath, and former State Congress chief K Keshava Rao formally joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) protesting the delay in the formation of Telangana.
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On June 14, 2013: The TJAC gave a call to lay siege to the State Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad to demand the formation of Telangana. Government refused permission to the march as they had information that anti-social elements might participate in the event and cause violence like in previous events of Sagara Haram and Million March where violence erupted despite promises made by the TJAC.
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On June 30, 2013: Congress leaders belonging to Telangana region organised a public meeting in Hyderabad with a turn out of over 1,00,000 to show their support to Telangana State. It was attended by Damodar Raja Narasimha, Deputy Chief Minister of the State, Central Ministers, State Ministers, MPs & MLAs who expressed the confidence that their party leadership will create the separate State soon.
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On July 1, 2013: Congress party's in-charge of the State, Digvijay Singh said that party is at the final stages of taking decision on Telangana issue. He also directed the State Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and the State Party president (they represent Assembly constituencies in Rayalaseema, Telangana and Coastal Andhra regions respectively) to furnish a roadmap, keeping both options open, that could help lead to a decision.
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On July 11, 2013: The three leaders presented their views in the Congress core committee meeting, post which it was announced that a decision will be taken by the Congress Working Committee.
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On July 29, 2013: Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy met several MPs, MLAs and MLCs at his secretariat in a bid to resolve the issue being taken up by the Central Congress Government. The group opposed bifurcation of the State and Reddy said that he would have to resign if his meeting in New Delhi on July 30, which yielded moves towards a separate Telengana.
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