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04/09/22 06:39 AM IST

Hyderabad Liberation Day

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  • Ministry of Culture will organize the  inaugural programme of the year-long commemoration of the Hyderabad Liberation Day, on 17th  September 2022.
Liberation Day 
  • On 17th September 1948, more than one  year after India secured Independence from the British, the state of Hyderabad got its independence from  Nizam’s rule.
  • The year-long commemoration is aimed at paying tribute to all those who gave  their live  for the liberation of Samsthan and its merger with the India Union.
  • The liberation of Hyderabad was possible due to the swift and timely action by  first Minister of Home Affairs  of India, Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel under Operation Polo.
  • The state of Hyderabad under the Nizam included the whole of current day Telangana, the Marathwada region in Maharashtra that included the districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Hingoli, Jalna, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani and  districts of Kalaburagi ,Bellary Raichur ,Yadgir, Koppal, Vijayanagara and Bidar in  current day Karnataka.
  • The state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka officially observe September 17 as the Liberation Day.
Operation Polo
  • Operation Polo was the code name for the police action against the Princely State of Hyderabad in September 1948 by the newly Independent republic of India.
  • The Indian Army marched into Hyderabad following the outbreak of hostilities, overwhelming the Hyderabadi military and annexed Hyderabad into the Indian Union.
Source- PIB 

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