HYDERABAD: Celebrations erupted in southern India to mark the creation of the new state of Telangana, the culmination of a campaign stretching back nearly six decades.
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, who at one stage went on a hunger strike as part of the push to create India’s 29th state, was sworn in as chief minister during a morning ceremony in Hyderabad yesterday.
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