Telangana gets its CM; how the oath taking went (on Twitter)

The formation of

was a grand affair and grander was the way in which K

was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state. While the city of Hyderabad was adorned in Pink yesterday, in honour of the pink party and its leader, there were pink-hued fireworks too.

KCR had a rather early start in the morning on June 2 as he paid tribute to the Telangana martyrs at the Hyderabad gun park.

Here is the entire process in pics from Twitter:

CM Designate of Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao pays tribute to Telangana martyrs at Hyderabad's Gun Park pic.twitter.com/wmizK51Bjy

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

K. Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister of India's 29th State, Telangana pic.twitter.com/SrLwvLd983

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan felicitates K.Chandrasekhar Rao pic.twitter.com/aiyHf0ziad

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

K.Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister of India's 29th State, Telangana pic.twitter.com/0gHlp3qDIi

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the new chief minister on Twitter and assured of all support. He said,""India gets a new state! We welcome Telangana as our 29th state.Telangana will add strength to our dvlnt journey in the coming years. Telangana's birth comes after years of struggle and sacrifices by several people. We pay our respects to them today. Centre assures complete support to the people & Government of Telangana in taking the state to newer heights of progress."

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao takes oath as a cabinet minister of India's 29th State Telangana pic.twitter.com/mBuzj27YNW

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Very happy about this, so many people sacrificed their life for this. I congratulate people of Telangana: P Javadekar pic.twitter.com/rSJh738Qpa

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

The Cabinet members also took oath and the first to take the oath was Mohammed Mahmood Ali, who may be the Deputy CM and took oath in Urdu.Dr. T. Rajaiah, who is a doctor by profession and represents Warangal is the second to swear in. Eetala Rajendar is the fourth cabinet minister to be sworn in. She represents the Huzurabad constituency.

Then in line was Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, who represents NIzamabad. KCR's nephew T. Harish Rao sworn in as a representative of the Siddipet constituency.

In Hyderabad

The formation of Telangana was a grand affair and grander was the way in which K Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state.

KCR had a rather early start in the morning

KCR had a rather early start in the morning on June 2 as he paid tribute to the Telangana martyrs at the Hyderabad gun park.

People celebrate Telangana formation day front of Historic Charminar

People celebrate Telangana formation day front of Historic Charminar in old city of Hyderabad on Sunday.

K. Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister of India's 29th State

K. Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister of India's 29th State, Telangana

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao on an air balloon

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao on an air balloon as part of the decor in Telangana celebrations

K Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state

The formation of Telangana was a grand affair and grander was the way in which K Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state.

Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan felicitates K.Chandrasekhar Rao

The formation of Telangana was a grand affair and grander was the way in which K Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state.

In Hyderabad

The formation of Telangana was a grand affair and grander was the way in which K Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state. While the city of Hyderabad was adorned in Pink yesterday, in honour of the pink party and its leader, there were pink-hued fireworks too.

In Hyderabad

K.Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as Chief Minister of India's 29th State, Telangana.

T Padma Rao sworn in from the Secunderabad constituency and P. Mahendar Reddy from Ranga Reddy district. Apart from these, KCR's son K. Tarakarama Rao, Jogu Ramanna from Adilabad district, Jagadish Reddy, Koppula Eashwar has been sworn in as Speaker of Assembly.

Interestingly, there are no woman candidates in his cabinet.

My best wishes to people for the state's development journey: Narendra Modi on the creation of Telangana

— Narendra Modi (@PMOIndia) June 2, 2014

Not just Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but also other political parties and politicians congratulated the newly-formed government.

Heartiest congratulations to Telangana, we are sure both Telangana & Andhra will walk towards development together: MA Naqvi

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Was a dream for so many for so long, Im sure if every1 works hard Telangana will develop rapidly: Venkaiah Naidu pic.twitter.com/0W0jVim9zq

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

TJAC was in the forefront of the movement for formation of Telangana, we will continue to work for development of people: Ram K Reddy (TJAC)

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Delhi: Telangana formation celebrations outside Andhra Pradesh Bhavan pic.twitter.com/h1i322n6Vf

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

Heading toward the Brigade road parade grounds, the CM's convoy will end where he will address a public meeting:

Hyderabad: Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao to address a public meeting pic.twitter.com/8fNvpS2sSy

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Hyderabad: Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao inspects the Guard of Honor pic.twitter.com/GfTM2lTkrI

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Hyderabad: Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao inspects the Guard of Honor pic.twitter.com/TmeQ61lcgB

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Hyderabad: Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao on an air balloon as part of the decor in Telangana celebrations pic.twitter.com/WkMkCAhY5b

— ANI (@ANI_news) June 2, 2014

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