Telangana is born as 29th state: KCR became first chief minister

K.Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of Telengana, which became the 29th state of Indian Union with Hyderabad as its capital on 2 June 2014.

• He took oath administered by the Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on 2 June 2014.With this formation, ten districts of the then Andhra Pradesh will now become a part of the Telangana.
• Earlier ESL Narasimhan, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, took oath as the Governor of Telangana. Narasimhan will be the Governor of the two states till a permanent arrangement is made for Telangana.
• Along with Rao (TRS Party) eleven ministers also took oath as the cabinet ministers.
• Chandrashekhar Rao joined the TDP in 1983 and quit the TDP party in 2001.
• Under the leadership of K Chandra Sekhar  Telangana Rashtra  Samiti (TRS) was formed to demand for a separate state in 2001.