Tag: Andhra Pradesh
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Special Category Status under the Indian Constitution: Emerging Thorns from a Murky Past
By Pranav Vaidya, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. After sustaining under centuries of British rule, when India took its first breath as a free democratic and secular republic, by ratifying a written Constitution in 1950, it was in a state of turmoil, as the British Rule on India virtually halted the political and economic development of…
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Balamrutham Programme: An Overview
By Anjana Mohan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. A country is born and brought up by its citizens. These citizens are the ones that rule the country and endow upon themselves the burden and struggles of keeping the country perfect for human civilization. Yet, many a times, the protection and provision of basic amenities for its people…
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The Debacle on Special Category: The Curious case of the State of Andhra Pradesh
By Saurav Das, School of Law, Christ University. A political party before coming to power usually makes lots of promises to the people of the state so that they can acquire majority of votes at the Center and also in the State Legislative assemblies. We will trace the same story in this piece of article.
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Telangana: History and Issues
Telangana was a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh and formerly was part of Hyderabad state, which was ruled by Nizam. Andhra Pradesh State has three main cultural regions namely, Telengana, Coastal Andhra region and Rayalaseema. The Telangana region has an area of 114,840 square kilometres and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census),…