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{{Infobox Indian Political Party<br />
| party_name = Telangana Praja Samithi<br />
| party_logo = <br />
| founder = Pratap Kishore<br />
| president = Neera Kishore<br />
| secretary = Sanaullah<br />
| leader = Pratap Kishore <br />
| foundation = 1969<br />
| ideology = Social justice with economic development<br />
| website = <br />
| headquarters = Hyderabad, Telangana State<br />
}}<br />
'''Telangana Praja Samithi''' or '''Telangana Peoples Convention''' was an [[India]]n [[political party]] which fought for statehood for the [[Telangana]] region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kcr-claims-victory-trs-calls-off-rally/106827-37.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010522/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kcr-claims-victory-trs-calls-off-rally/106827-37.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-03 |title=KCR recovers, TRS calls off victory rally |publisher=IBNLive |date=2009-12-10 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref><br />
<ref name="siasat.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/tps-1969-contest-polls-telangana-state|title=TPS of 1969 to contest polls in Telangana state – The Siasat Daily|website=www.siasat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganautsav.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/pratap-kishore-founder-of-telangana-praja-samiti/|title=Pratap Kishore – founder of Telangana Praja Samiti|date=4 January 2012|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
TPS was founded in 1969. The founding president of the party was [[Ananthula Madan Mohan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/former-minister-madan-mohan-passes-away/article27712128.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 November 2004|title=Former Minister Madan Mohan passes away|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref> but later taken over by [[Marri Chenna Reddy]] who spearheaded the [[telangana agitation]] and eventually winning over 10 [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the 1971 elections. Later the members merged into the [[Congress]] party.<br />
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The party was revived again in 1983 with Vande Mataram Ramchander Rao, as the President, Pratap Kishore was the General Secretary. After the death of Vandemataram Ram Chander Rao, Gandhian Bhoopati Krishnamurthi (Telangana Gandhi) was elected president and led the party for nearly two decades up to his death in January 2015. After Bhoopati Krishnamoorthi Neera Kishore, was elected as President of Telangana Praja Samithi.<ref name="siasat.com"/>₰₰₰<br />
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==Movement==<br />
TPS organized a series of strikes and demonstrations throughout the Telangana region to push their demand for a separate state. In June 1969 general strikes in Hyderabad organized by the TPS led to widespread violence as TPS supporters clashed with supporters of a unified Andhra state and with police.<ref>"Police Fire Many Times as Wave of Violence Rocks Hyderabad and Warangal: Curfew Clamped on Both Towns: Death-Roll Mounts." ''The Times of India ''(4 June 1969).</ref><br />
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==Elections==<br />
In the 1971 [[Lok Sabha]] elections, TPS won 10 out of 11 seats in [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite web|author=S. Nagesh Kumar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article1018827.ece |title=One people, many aspirations |work=The Hindu |date=2010-12-30 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> However, in September 1971 TPS merged with [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], and the [[Telangana]] agitations temporarily disappeared and P V Narsimha Rao was made the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-03/hyderabad/28379626_1_merger-issue-merger-decision-prp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024304/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-03/hyderabad/28379626_1_merger-issue-merger-decision-prp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-05 |title=YSR mooted Cong merger with PRP |date=2011-02-03 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://epaper.thehansindia.com/c/30245124<br />
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[[Category:Political parties in Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:1969 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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