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Participation means to take part or have a share in common with others in the decision making process, it also refers to involvement. The concept of supporting participation has been understood differently by different group, some regard it as contribution in terms of money and material resources. Students have played a major role as agents of social change and political development. They played a crucial role in freedom struggles of many third world countries and have provided 'left-wing leadership to nationalist movements and a generation of leaders were trained in these student movements. Social movements are large informal groupings of individuals and/or organizations focused on specific political or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change. Social change refers to the notion of social progress or socio-cultural evolution; the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. The Telangana agitation was a prolonged and complex movement which rocked the state of Andhra Pradesh, particularly the Telangana region. Political movement is an expression of the struggle of a social group for the political space and benefits.