Celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day a befitting tribute to freedom fighters: Amit Shah

He said the decision is a befitting tribute to the freedom fighters and the martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice to remain a part of Bharat by liberating the Hyderabad region from the brutal Nizam rule.

“I welcome Modi Ji’s landmark decision, which will ignite the flame of patriotism among the youth and immortalise our icons of the freedom movement,” he said.

హైదరాబాద్ విమోచన ఉద్యమంలో అమరవీరుల స్మారకార్థం ప్రతి సంవత్సరం సెప్టెంబర్ 17వ తేదీని హైదరాబాద్ విమోచన దినోత్సవంగా జరుపుకోవాలని ప్రధాని @narendramodi గారు నిర్ణయించినందున ఇది చారిత్రాత్మకమైన రోజు.

హైదరాబాద్ ప్రాంతాన్ని దారుణమైన నిజాం పాలన నుంచి విముక్తి చేసి భారతదేశంలో భాగమై… pic.twitter.com/FmygHZR7Pd

— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) March 13, 2024

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Kishan Reddy hails decision

Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy and former Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao hailed the notification to celebrate ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’.

They thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the decision.

In a statement, Kishan Reddy said the Union government’s decision to celebrate 17 September as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ is a respect given to those who made sacrifices for Telangana’s freedom.

The decision would make the future generations aware of the significance of 17 September and the struggle for the liberation of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad under Nizam’s rule, he said.

Vidyasagar Rao said 17 September is officially celebrated in the districts of present-day Maharashtra and Karnataka which were part of the erstwhile Hyderabad state.

Regrettably, the Telangana government has not officially celebrated the day so far, he said. Vidyasagar Rao also said the notification is historic.

Amit Shah had attended the celebration of 17 September organised by the Union government in Hyderabad during the last few years.

17 September is interpreted differently by different parties in Telangana and earlier in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

The BJP calls it ‘Liberation Day’ and it has been fighting for many years now for an official celebration of the day by the government.

The Congress calls it ‘Merger Day’ and the previous BRS government celebrated the day as ‘National Integration Day’.

The notification

In the notification, the Union Home Ministry said Hyderabad did not get independence for 13 months after the Independence of India on 15 August, 1947, and was under Nizam’s rule.

The region was liberated from Nizam’s rule on 17 September, 1948, after a police action namely ‘Operation Polo’.

The ‘Razakars’, a private militia, had committed atrocities and defended the erstwhile Nizam rule in Hyderabad

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.

The people of the region fought valiantly against the atrocities of the ‘Razakars’ to merge the region into the Union of India.

On 17 September, 1948, the then Hyderabad state was annexed into the Union of India following military action, initiated by the then Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Modi government has been holding an event on September 17 for the last few years to commemorate ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also attended the event in the past.

(With PTI inputs)