Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
Background and Capital Issue
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (commonly called the Telangana Act) bifurcated Andhra Pradesh into two successor states — Telangana and the residual Andhra Pradesh — with effect from June 2, 2014. The Act designated Hyderabad as the permanent capital of Telangana and allowed both states to share Hyderabad as a common capital for a period not exceeding 10 years. This arrangement ended on June 2, 2024. The Act did not specify the new capital for the residual Andhra Pradesh, creating a statutory vacuum that the 2026 Bill seeks to fill.
- AP Reorganisation Act passed: Lok Sabha February 18, 2014; Rajya Sabha February 20, 2014; Presidential assent March 1, 2014.
- Appointed Day (bifurcation effective): June 2, 2014.
- Common capital period: Hyderabad as joint capital of AP and Telangana for up to 10 years (ended June 2, 2024).
- Hyderabad's status: permanent capital of Telangana (not AP) after the common period ended.
- Amaravati: named AP's capital city on April 1, 2015 by the then Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu; construction of the greenfield capital city began on the Krishna riverbank.
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