Comparision, Hyderabad State of 1941 and the nizam's area in 2001

The princely state of Hyderabad was merged with the Union of India in 1948. Thereafter the different regions of Hyderabad state, namely Marathwada, Telangana, and Hyderabad-Karnataka have been merged with Maharashtra, Andhra and Karnataka respectively on linguistic basis in 1956.

Has this merger been good for the people of the Hyderabad State? There has been a vociferous demand from Telangana region for demerger. There has been a demand from Hyderabad-Karnataka region and Marathwada region for special attention. Only Telangana is closer to the state’s seat of power, the other regions are disadvantaged in that they are distant from their capital cities and have lesser representation in their respective assemblies owing to their smaller size.

Since Telangana was closer to Marathwada on socio-economic and human development parameters than to Andhra.

Let us compare, how these regions have grown independently of each other.

The Literacy rate is a huge component in measuring the development. Here is the comparison of the regions.

Statistical data about Karnataka’s three districts Bidar, Raichuru and Gulbarga is not available for 1941.

So, I have limited this comparison to Marathwada.

Literacy rate

	1941	2001
Marathwada	7.4	65
Telangana(Including Hyderabad)	14.3	58.08

This decisively proves that Telangana has remained backward in spite of having a developed Hyderabad. Marathwada, though not extraordinary only goes to prove that Telangana should have grown much more than the growth that has been seen.

Sources:
Marathwada under the Nizams, 1724-1948 by By P. V. Kate
The State of Rayalaseema By A. Ranga Reddy