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Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao demanded that 17 September, observed as Hyderabad Liberation Day, be included in the state's school textbooks.
The date marks the surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces on 17 September 1948, ending Operation Polo and the Nizam's rule as an independent princely authority.
Operation Polo began on 13 September 1948 and lasted five days, with Major General J.N. Chaudhuri commanding the Indian forces.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification in March 2024 declaring that 17 September would be marked every year as Hyderabad Liberation Day.
Hyderabad State was later split by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and its Telugu-speaking Telangana region became a separate state on 2 June 2014.
The Telangana peasant armed struggle begins against the feudal order under the Nizam.
India becomes independent; the Nizam of Hyderabad declines to accede.
India and Hyderabad sign the Standstill Agreement to maintain existing arrangements during negotiations.
Operation Polo is launched, with Major General J.N. Chaudhuri commanding the Indian forces.
Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos surrenders the Hyderabad State Forces; the Nizam announces a ceasefire.
The States Reorganisation Act splits Hyderabad State on linguistic lines.
Telangana is carved out of Andhra Pradesh as a separate state.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issues a gazette notification to observe 17 September as Hyderabad Liberation Day every year.
Signed between India and Hyderabad to continue existing administrative arrangements for one year while the question of accession was negotiated; it did not settle Hyderabad's political status.
Reorganised states largely on linguistic lines. Telugu-speaking Telangana was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh, while the Marathi-speaking and Kannada-speaking areas of former Hyderabad State went to Bombay State and Mysore State.
Created Telangana as a separate state on 2 June 2014, after decades of agitation over development, employment, education and the non-implementation of safeguards promised to the region.
Issued the March 2024 gazette notification declaring 17 September as Hyderabad Liberation Day, to be observed annually
Hyderabad political organisation with which the Razakar militia, led by Qasim Razvi, was associated; the Razakars opposed accession to India
Inquiry committee appointed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to report on the communal violence during and after the police action in Hyderabad
Another princely state whose ruler tried to stay out of India; settled by a plebiscite in February 1948, unlike Hyderabad, which was settled by police action.
Acceded through an Instrument of Accession signed in October 1947 after a tribal invasion - the third of the three states that did not join at Independence.
Grew out of grievances left behind by the 1956 merger of Telangana with Andhra State, showing how the integration of 1948 shaped later state reorganisation.
GS Paper 1 > Modern Indian history - the post-Independence consolidation and reorganisation within the country
General Awareness > Indian history: integration of princely states and states reorganisation
Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to
Answer: Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
The code name for the Indian military action in Hyderabad, 13-17 September 1948, described officially as a police action.
Agreement of 29 November 1947 between India and Hyderabad continuing existing administrative arrangements while accession was negotiated.
Armed volunteer force associated with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and led by Qasim Razvi, which opposed Hyderabad's accession to India.