At 11.59pm on June 1, 2014, the sky over the Tank Bund in Hyderabad will light up like never before. For one hour, there will be non-stop bursting of crackers to celebrate the formation of a separate Telangana state. The choosing of the venues — Necklace road and Tank Bund – for the grand celebrations that will begin on June 1 midnight — is certainly not because of convenience only. The celebrations are being organized at scores of people but these two venues have greater significance. On March 10, 2011, the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) organized what it called a ‘Million March’. A million people were to converge on the Tank bund. Thousands of policemen and paramilitary forces took ...

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