Telangana, the 29th State of India announced by UPA

UPA and Congress unanimously decided to create a separate Telangana State carving out of Andhra Pradesh on 30 July 2013.  

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of Congress Party, on 30 July 2013 decided to recommend to the Central Government to form the 29th State which will comprise of 10 districts. The districts that will be a part of the new State are Hyderabad,Adilabad, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy and WarangalKarimnagar, Khammam.
 
Hyderabad, the central point of the Telangana, will be the common capital of the newly proposed State and the other regions, Rayalaseema and Andhra for a period of 10 years. A new capital for Andhra will be identified in Seemandhra region within this period. Telangana State will have a geographical area of 10 of the 23 districts of undivided Andhra Pradesh. Out of 42 Lok Sabha seats and 294 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana is likely to have 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 Assembly seat