31. The 1969 Telangana Movement
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31. The 1969 Telangana Movement

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1. Under the Public Employment Act, 1957, residency-based employment protections continued to apply to Telangana along with which of the following?
2. In which year were the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment Regulations (Requirement as to Residence) issued under the Public Employment Act, 1957?
3. The Mulki Rules were first implemented with effect from 21 March of which year, for a five-year term?
4. On what date did the Supreme Court rule that Telangana's residency-based employment requirement was invalid, holding that residency status should apply to the whole state rather than one region?
5. Consider the following statements regarding the impact of the 1965–66 India–Pakistan war on Telangana engineers: (I) The state government cut its budget by 10 percent. (II) All temporary posts were eliminated as an economy measure. (III) Most permanent posts were held by employees from the Andhra region. Which of the above is/are correct?
6. Osmania University Vice-Chancellor D.S. Reddy was replaced in 1967 by which official, triggering student protests over university autonomy?
7. Which student leader led the strike against Chief Minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy's interference in Osmania University's autonomy in 1967?
8. When former Hyderabad State Chief Minister Burgula Ramakrishna Rao died on 14 September 1967, what contrast was drawn with the 1957 death of former Andhra CM Tunguturi Prakasam Pantulu?
9. On what date did the High Court invalidate Marri Chenna Reddy's 1967 Assembly election win and bar him from contesting elections for six years?
10. Who was the founding president of the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union (TNGO), formed in 1964–65?
11. KR Amos first joined government service in 1953 as a Typist in which department?
12. "Telangana Safeguards Day" (Telangana Hamila Dinam) was first celebrated by the TNGO Union on which date?
13. The Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS) was established in 1961 at Palvancha in which district?
14. Who is credited with first exposing that most employees at the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station were from the Andhra region?
15. On 3 January 1969, which High Court judge ruled that the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, being an autonomous body, was not bound by local-reservation requirements?
16. The first protest of the 1969 Telangana movement took place on 5 January 1969 at which location?
17. The separate-Telangana slogan was first raised at Kothagudem on 30 December 1968, provoked by a speech from which leader?
18. Who was the first person to undertake a fast unto death in the 1969 Telangana movement, beginning on 8 January 1969 at Gandhi Chowk, Khammam?
19. On 11 January 1969, representatives of Warangal college student unions formed which committee, with Muralidhar Reddy as its president?
20. The Telangana Students Action Committee, formed on 13 January 1969, split the student movement into the Separatists (centred at Nizam College) and which rival group?