The refers to the prolonged, multi-phased political and socio-economic struggle for the formation of a separate state of Telangana, carved out of the erstwhile unified Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014). It is not a single event but a 60-year-long historical process driven by issues of regional discrimination, water rights, employment, and political autonomy.

The movement gained renewed political momentum with the formation of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in 2001. Massive protests, such as the Sagara Haram and the Million March , alongside hunger strikes and political lobbying, eventually led the Union Government to pass the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 . Key Themes and Impacts