Notification on Hyderabad Liberation Day

EXTRAORDINARY PART I—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 62] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , MARCH 12, 2024 /PHALGUNA 22, 1945 CG-DL-E-12032024-252904 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 12 th March, 2024 F. No 12025/ 04/2023 -SR(E).—Whereas, Hyderabad did not get independence for 13 months of the Independence of India on 15th August, 1947 and was under Nizam‟s Rule. The region got liberated from Nizam‟s Rule on 17th September, 1948, after police action namely „Operatio n Polo‟. Whereas, there has been a demand from the people of the region that 17th September may be celebrated as Hyderabad Liberation Day. Now, in order to remember martyrs who liberated Hyderabad and to infuse the flame of patriotism in the minds of the youth, the Government of India has decided to celebrate 17th day of September every year as “Hyderabad Liberation Day”. G. PARTHASARATHI , Jt. Secy . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Ma yapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.