Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has requested the Centre to transfer the entire land in possession of AP Bhavan in Delhi be transferred to Telangana, as it belonged to the erstwhile State of Hyderabad.

In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Chief Minister wanted the Centre to take an early decision as the Telangana government would like to soon start the construction of Telangana Bhavan with adequate facilities, including a cultural centre for people of Telangana living in Delhi.

Nizam’s land Rao said in the letter that the erstwhile Nizam government of Hyderabad obtained 18.18 acres of land in Delhi from the Government of India in three bits during 1917, 1928 and 1936 on payment as per the records of the then Foreign and Political Department.

The Hyderabad House and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Bhavan are situated on these lands. The Centre later took over Hyderabad House and allotted 7.56 acres of land in Pataudi House and 1.21 acres in Nursing Institute to the Andhra Pradesh government in lieu.

Rao said that these properties belonged to the then Hyderabad State under the rule of VI Nizam , which remained a separate State for sometime even after Independence. It was eventually included in the Union in 1948.

Andhra State did not exist then, as it was carved out of the erstwhile Madras State in October 1953, whereas the Hyderabad State continued to exist until November 1956. That was when Andhra State was merged with the Telugu speaking areas of Hyderabad State when Andhra Pradesh was formed on November 1, 1956.

Telangana was formed on June 2, 2014, following the demerger of Andhra Pradesh. Therefore, the Chief Minister said, this property should devolve to Telangana and cannot be divided between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

He wanted the Centre to allot some other land in Delhi to Andhra Pradesh to enable it to set up a State Bhavan.

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