While Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced 21-day-long celebrations to mark the occasion, the Centre declared that it would celebrate the Tenth Formation Day of the state at the Golconda Fort on 2 June.
Chief Minister Rao has always relied on the regional sentiments to counter the BJP’s narrative of nationalism and Hindutva in Telangana.
The theme of this year's Formation Day is Cascading effects of disaster events in the Himalayan region. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra will deliver the valedictory address on the occasion.
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala and UTs Puducherry and Lakshadweep were granted statehood on November 1 in different years.
While Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala were formed on this day in 1956, Haryana was established in 1966 and Chattisgarh in 2000
