2014 Event India has officially divided the state of Andhra Pradesh to create the nation's 29th state, Telangana; Hyderabad will act as joint capital for both states for the next decade; K. Chandrasekhara Rao will serve as Telangana prime minister 2013 Event Nearly 500,000 people been evacuated from India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states in preparation for Cyclone Phailin 2013 Event Part of the ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement, protests and strikes erupt after the Cabinet of India approves the bifurcation of the state of Andrha Pradesh 2010 Event A new, though threatened, language known as Koro, is discovered by a team of linguists on an expedition to Arunachal Pradesh, in northeastern India 1996 Death N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1989, 1994 - 1995, dies 1994 Event Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy 1978 Event Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy 1972 Event Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1971 Event Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state 1965 Birthday M V Sridhar, cricketer, score 366 for Hyderabad vs. Andhra Pradesh 1994 1956 Event Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms 1953 Event Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras 1948 Event Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
