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-The '''Mid 2011 Telangana protests''' refers to a chain of protests and mass resignations following the [[Early 2011 Telangana protests#Million March 2011|Million March incident]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. From April till June, the movement saw a lull,<ref name="dayafterindia.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dayafterindia.com/detail.php?headline=content&catid=2134 |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404210002/http://dayafterindia.com/detail.php?headline=content&catid=2134 |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> with different 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 Rajyasabha MP(Congress), 20 MLCs resigned protesting delay in the formation of [[Telangana]]. On 20 July, 30-year-old Yadi Reddy was found dead 100 yards from Parliament House in Delhi. An eight-page suicide note says the young driver from greater [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] region of Telangana was upset over the government not creating a new state for his homeland. The speaker of the AP assembly on 23 July summarily rejected the resignations of all 101 MLAs citing that they were made in an emotionally surcharged atmosphere.
+The '''Mid 2011 Telangana protests''' refers to a chain of protests and mass resignations following the [[Early 2011 Telangana protests#Million March 2011|Million March incident]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. From April till June, the movement saw a lull,<ref name="dayafterindia.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dayafterindia.com/detail.php?headline=content&catid=2134 |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404210002/http://dayafterindia.com/detail.php?headline=content&catid=2134 |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> with different 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 Rajyasabha MP(Congress), 20 MLCs resigned protesting delay in the formation of [[Telangana]]. On 20 July, 30-year-old Yadi Reddy was found dead 100 yards from Parliament House in Delhi. An eight-page suicide note says the young driver from greater [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] region of Telangana was upset over the government not creating a new state for his homeland. The speaker of the AP assembly on 23 July summarily rejected the resignations of all 101 MLAs citing that they were made in an emotionally surcharged atmosphere.
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 Fearing law & order problem due to violence similar to the Million March incident, State police refused to give permission to TRS to hold their formation day public meeting in Parade grounds in Hyderabad. In spite of the personal request to Union defence minister by KCR, the defence ministry turned down the request as the party could not get police clearance.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-25/hyderabad/29470989_1_anniversary-celebrations-k-chandrasekhar-rao-trs | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731051410/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-25/hyderabad/29470989_1_anniversary-celebrations-k-chandrasekhar-rao-trs | url-status=dead | archive-date=31 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=TRS puts off Formation Day celebrations | date=25 April 2011}}</ref> Students of the Osmania University also had their summer vacation cancelled to conduct classes during the summer vacation and make up for the loss caused to academic activities due to Telangana agitation on the campus till March this year. A series of violent incidents on the campus had forced the university administration to postpone several exams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/ou-cancels-vacations-make-academics-573 |title=OU cancels vacations to make up for academics |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=30 April 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref> Congress party's leadership also reportedly said they will take decision on Telangana after [[State Assembly elections in India, 2011|assembly elections]] concluding on 10 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/telangana-movement-to-be-intensified-news-national-letr4hbgabg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408163734/http://www.sify.com/news/telangana-movement-to-be-intensified-news-national-letr4hbgabg.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 April 2014 |title=Telangana movement to be intensified |publisher=Sify.com |date=19 April 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-19/hyderabad/29446836_1_telangana-people-telangana-region-kcr |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715221427/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-19/hyderabad/29446836_1_telangana-people-telangana-region-kcr |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=TRS to wage 'relentless' stir for T from May |date=19 April 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-01/hyderabad/29492826_1_telangana-agitation-cyberabad-police-nodal-officer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701123318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-01/hyderabad/29492826_1_telangana-agitation-cyberabad-police-nodal-officer |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=T storm looms over IT industry again |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/trs-mps-another-minister-telangana-quit-813 |title=TRS MPs, another minister from Telangana quit |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=5 July 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref> The state government sanctioned Rs 75 lakh for repair and re-installation of statues on Tank Bund, demolished during the Million March incident. Along with installation of the 16 destroyed statues, another new statue of social activist from Telangana, [[Komaram Bheem]], was also proposed to be installed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rs-75-lakh-for-new-tank-bund-statues/153715-60-121.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226030630/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rs-75-lakh-for-new-tank-bund-statues/153715-60-121.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-26 |title=Rs 75 lakh for new Tank Bund statues – southindia – Hyderabad |publisher=IBN Live |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
-According to government sources, Maoists are active in 1/3rd of districts in India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Profile: India's Maoist rebels|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12640645|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 November 2011|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) of Andhra Pradesh Police, which monitors the Maoists, gathered "credible information" about the outlaws carrying their activities under the banner of the TJAC. "When the agitation for a separate state began in late 2009, some Maoist elements joined ranks with the students of Osmania University and indulged in violence. Now, they seem to have 'graduated' to a higher level and started working under the so-called political JAC, though the latter as such exists only on paper," a top-ranking police official remarked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/inactive-maoists-now-working-under-telangana-banner-cops/797174/0|title='Inactive' Maoists now working under Telangana banner: Cops|date=30 May 2011}}</ref> Even during the Million March in 2011 militant elements were suspected to be behind the destruction of statues on Tank Bund.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/hyderabad/28683116_1_m-kodandaram-t-movement-telangana-jac | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708065121/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/hyderabad/28683116_1_m-kodandaram-t-movement-telangana-jac | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Telangana stir: Is militancy taking centre | date=12 March 2011}}</ref> On 11 January 2011, Madhu Yaskhi, Congress party MP, said "There is police deployment in every nook of Osmania University and Telangana. Not a single Maoist has been arrested despite police having draconian powers and having searched every hostel over and over again. That proves the lie, They are raising the Maoist bogey to defame the movement."<ref>{{cite news|title=Governor misleading Centre on Telangana: Congress MP|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-11/india/28357287_1_andhra-governor-telangana-maoist-den|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710125843/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-11/india/28357287_1_andhra-governor-telangana-maoist-den|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|access-date=4 November 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 January 2011}}</ref>
+According to government sources, Maoists are active in 1/3rd of districts in India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Profile: India's Maoist rebels|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12640645|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 November 2011|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) of Andhra Pradesh Police, which monitors the Maoists, gathered "credible information" about the outlaws carrying their activities under the banner of the TJAC. "When the agitation for a separate state began in late 2009, some Maoist elements joined ranks with the students of Osmania University and indulged in violence. Now, they seem to have 'graduated' to a higher level and started working under the so-called political JAC, though the latter as such exists only on paper," a top-ranking police official remarked.<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/inactive-maoists-now-working-under-telangana-banner-cops/797174/0</ref> Even during the Million March in 2011 militant elements were suspected to be behind the destruction of statues on Tank Bund.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/hyderabad/28683116_1_m-kodandaram-t-movement-telangana-jac | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708065121/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-12/hyderabad/28683116_1_m-kodandaram-t-movement-telangana-jac | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Telangana stir: Is militancy taking centre | date=12 March 2011}}</ref> On 11 January 2011, Madhu Yaskhi, Congress party MP, said "There is police deployment in every nook of Osmania University and Telangana. Not a single Maoist has been arrested despite police having draconian powers and having searched every hostel over and over again. That proves the lie, They are raising the Maoist bogey to defame the movement."<ref>{{cite news|title=Governor misleading Centre on Telangana: Congress MP|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-11/india/28357287_1_andhra-governor-telangana-maoist-den|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710125843/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-11/india/28357287_1_andhra-governor-telangana-maoist-den|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|access-date=4 November 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 January 2011}}</ref>
-In a unique form of protest, people from all walks of life came together on Hyderabad's roads on 19 June on a call given by Telangana JAC for a cook-and-eat agitation to demand a separate state. While various groups made arrangements on a massive scale for cooking food on roads, families set up small kitchens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/169992/cook-eat-agitation-hyderabad-telangana.html |title=Cook-and-eat agitation in Hyderabad for Telangana state |work=Deccan Herald|date=19 June 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
+In a unique form of protest, people from all walks of life came together on Hyderabad's roads on 19 June on a call given by Telangana JAC for a cook-and-eat agitation to demand a separate state. While various groups made arrangements on a massive scale for cooking food on roads, families set up small kitchens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/169992/cook-eat-agitation-hyderabad-telangana.html |title=Cook-and-eat agitation in Hyderabad for Telangana state |work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
 ===Appointment of Deputy CM from Telangana Region===
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 Protesting the alleged insult to a Telangana Martyr, the TJAC called for Telangana shutdown on 22 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/JAC-calls-for-Telangana-shutdown-on-Friday/Article1-723770.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906170925/http://www.hindustantimes.com/JAC-calls-for-Telangana-shutdown-on-Friday/Article1-723770.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2012 |title=JAC calls for Telangana shutdown on Friday |work=Hindustan Times |date=21 July 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref> About 80% buses ran in the Greater Hyderabad region during the bandh. There was also an attack on the farmhouse of a TDP MLA. At least 12 RTC buses worth Rs. 8 crore were damaged in the city and around 638 persons were taken into preventive custody and 41 cases were booked under Section 151 of CrPc. Four cases were registered against agitators for attacks on private and government properties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/mixed-response-tjac%E2%80%99s-bandh-city-372 |title=Mixed response for TJAC's bandh in city |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=23 July 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>  The T Congress leaders then set another deadline till 31 July to continue with their agitations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/t-congress-wait-till-july-31-546 |title=T-Congress to wait till July 31 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref> In a protest seeking deletion of 14(f) section from presidential order, TRS youth wing leaders tore pages of the state song in government text books and made a bonfire of them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/karimnagar/vedika-sore-over-attack-song-622 |title=Vedika sore over attack on song |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=6 August 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
-Alarmed over the slogan of 'Telanganawale jaago, Andhrawale bhago' (''Wake up Telangana people, Run away Andhra People'') and attacks by Telangana activists on their branches of colleges in Hyderabad and surrounding areas, some colleges founded by people from Andhra region have incorporated the word "Telangana" into the name boards. The groups fighting for separate state are changing the boards of the government offices in districts like Warangal, Karimnagar and Medak. The name of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation, for instance, has been changed to Telangana Tourism Development Corporation by the protestors. Andhra Bank has been renamed Telangana Bank and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has become Telangana State Road Transport Corporation.<ref>http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/telangana-replacing-andhra-least-boards-486</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20120729213254/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Telangana-comes-into-being-in-Andhra-Pradesh-in-names/828626/|title = Telangana comes into being in Andhra Pradesh, in names - Express India}}</ref>
+Alarmed over the slogan of 'Telanganawale jaago, Andhrawale bhago' (''Wake up Telangana people, Run away Andhra People'') and attacks by Telangana activists on their branches of colleges in Hyderabad and surrounding areas, some colleges founded by people from Andhra region have incorporated the word "Telangana" into the name boards. The groups fighting for separate state are changing the boards of the government offices in districts like Warangal, Karimnagar and Medak. The name of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation, for instance, has been changed to Telangana Tourism Development Corporation by the protestors. Andhra Bank has been renamed Telangana Bank and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has become Telangana State Road Transport Corporation.<ref>http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/telangana-replacing-andhra-least-boards-486</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120729213254/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Telangana-comes-into-being-in-Andhra-Pradesh-in-names/828626/]</ref>
 On 8 September 2011 a World record breaking number of Postcards were sent by the youth and students of Ramagundam – [[Godavarikhani]] Town Area to the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh demanding immediate formation of Telangana State with Hyderabad as its capital. A total of 15095 postcards were sent in 12 different languages creating a new World record of sending most number of postcards on a single day from a single location in an event organized by the members of FCI YUWA – Fertilizer City Youth Welfare Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article2441300.ece |title=NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : Ramagundam youths send 5,095 postcards |work=The Hindu |date=10 September 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-670849 |title=World Record For Sending Most Number of Postcards – Cnn Ireport |publisher=CNN |date=9 September 2011 |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fciyuwa.weebly.com/postcard-campaign.html |title=Postcard Campaign – Fertilizer City Youth Welfare Association |publisher=Fciyuwa.weebly.com |access-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>