The Government of India has announced its decision to celebrate September 17, the day on which the princely State of Hyderabad merged into the Indian Union in 1948, as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’.

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The Government of India has announced its decision to celebrate September 17, the day on which the princely State of Hyderabad merged into the Indian Union in 1948, as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. Hyderabad did not get independence for 13 months after India's independence on August 15, 1947 and was under the rule of the Nizams. The region was liberated from Nizam's rule on September 17, 1948 after police action namely 'Operation Polo'. "Whereas, there has been a demand from the people of the region that 17th September may be celebrated as Hyderabad Liberation Day. When India gained independence, the Razakars called for Hyderabad state to either join Pakistan or to become a Muslim dominion while resisting its merger with the Union of India.


     

     

     

 

     


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