Government of India approved year-long commemoration festival of 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural function to be held at Parade Ground, Hyderabad. The Culture Ministry has also invited the Chief Ministers of Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra to attend the inaugural event in Hyderabad.
The purpose of this year-long memorial festival is to pay tribute to all those who laid down their lives for the liberation of the institution and its merger with India. Hyderabad became independent from the Nizam's rule on 17 September 1948, more than a year after India gained independence from the British.
The history of the freedom movement, including the struggle of Ramji Gond against the British, is replete with stories of struggle; Battle of Komaram Bhima; The story of the bravery of Turrebaz Khan in 1857, who wanted to unfurl the Indian national flag at the house of the British Resident Commissioner in Koti, Hyderabad city.
The liberation of Hyderabad was possible due to the prompt and timely action taken under Operation Polo by the first Home Minister of India, Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Under the Nizam's rule, the whole of present- day Telangana in Hyderabad state, Marathwada region in Maharashtra including Aurangabad, Beed, Hingoli, Jalna, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani along with present-day Karnataka's Kalaburagi, Bellary, Raichur, Yadgir, Koppal, Vijayanagar and Bidar district were included. The state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka officially celebrate 17 September as Liberation Day.
