Telangana's claim for statehood hinged on what it believed were violations of the Gentlemen's Agreement of Andhra Pradesh, an agreement signed between the leaders of Andhra and Telangana in 1956.
Telangana's claim for statehood hinged on what it believed were violations of the Gentlemen's Agreement of Andhra Pradesh, an agreement signed between the leaders of Andhra and Telangana in 1956.
The agreement was supposed to ensure that the Telangana people were not denied resources or discriminated against by Andhra. Both are Telugu speaking regions.
Telangana achieved statehood on June 2, 2014.