Telugu Akademi begins review of Telangana Movement

Himayath Nagar: After a span of six months, the Telugu Akademi at last set up a panel to review the book on 'Telangana Movement - State Formation' (2016 edition)It may be noted that The Hans India was the first to publish a story mentioning the factual errors in the book in March. It took six months for the association to set up a committee.

T Vivek, one of the committee members, said, "The Akademi finally woke up to control the damage. Thanks for The Hans India's support for the campaign."

The expert panel members are: Adapa Satyanarayana, History Professor (retired), Osmania University; D Ravinder, Principal, Political Science, OU Arts College; P Venkata Ramana, Associate Professor, Political Science, Government Degree College, Kukatpally; T Vivek, Member (retired), TSPSC; K Kishan Reddy, senior lecturer (retired), Government Degree College, Karimnagar; V Ramakrishna Reddy, President (retired), History, Dr BR Ambedkar Open University; and S Venugopal, Editor, Samagra Telangana, Hyderabad.

List of factual errors/ infelicitous expressions/ grammar goof-ups that were published in the article on February 15

Page 3/ Para 2/ Line 5 S Venkat Rao; He is Nayani Venkat Rao;

Page 5/ Para 2/ Sub Heading Nizam; The Nizam (in the scheme of the book definite article is absent)

Page 34/ Para 2/ Line 1 "Telangana was under Muslim rule". This is a loaded statement. How the author characterised the reign as Islamic is not known. Arguably, this is a sweeping statement lacking in academic rigour

Page 34/ last para "Among them, the Hyderabad…..so on." There is no verb in this sentence.

Page 63/ Para 1/ line 5 "…there were nine rulers" The fact is there were 7 rulers

Page 64/ Para last/ last line "…And 17 districts…" It should be 16 districts; Khammam district was formed in 1953

Page 71/ Para 5 This para is repeated on page 80.

Page 73/ Para 4/ line 1 "The sixth Nizam is Mohd. Ali Khan." If it's correct, who is Mahboob Ali Khan?

Page 91/Para 2/Line 5 Burgula Narsimha Rao; will Narsing Rao agree for a name change?

Page 183/Para 4/line 1 "The people of the Andhra region expressed happiness on the institution or organization of United languages". Whoever cracks this sentence will be a contender for Noble Prize for literature

Page 447/Last Para/ Subheading "The beginning of…strike (evolution). "Preposterous! Since when strikes have come to be known as revolutions?