The Telangana State government has decided to celebrate September 17th as the Telangana Praja Palana Day, the Day of People’s Governance. On that day in 1948, the then-Hyderabad state merged with the Indian Union.
- In 2023, the then-BRS government decided to celebrate September 17 as National Integration Day.
- The Union government, on the other hand, decided to celebrate it as Hyderabad Liberation Day, and the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification to this effect.
- Hyderabad merged with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948, following a “police action” under Operation Polo. While some describe it as liberation from Nizam rule, others call it a merger with the Indian Union.
