Telangana History -An Open Book | Telangana Movement

Telangana History -An Open Book

Telangana region was mentioned in the Mahabharata as the Telinga Kingdom which said to be inhabitted by the tribe known as Telavana and said to have fought on the Pandava side in the great war of Mahabharata.

Telangana region has been ruled by many great dynasties like Sathavahanas, Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Mughals, and the Qutubshahis. As the Mughal Empire began to disintegrate in the early 18th century, the Muslim Asafjahi dynasty established a separate state known as Hyderabad. Later Hyderabad entered into a treaty of subsidiary alliance with the British Empire, and was the largest and most populous princely state in India. Telangana was never under direct British rule, unlike Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, which were part of British India's Madras Presidency.

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