Telangana to Celebrate Sept 17 as Praja Palana Day

The Telangana State government has decided to celebrate September 17th, the day on which Hyderabad State was integrated into the Indian Union in 1948, 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.  

State Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari issued orders to this effect. Accordingly, the national flag will be hoisted at all government offices, urban local bodies and gram panchayats on September 17. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will hoist the Tricolour in Hyderabad at an official programme and the



ministers and other dignitaries in the district headquarters.

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.