Mark Sept 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day: Dattatreya
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday said that the Telangana government should officially celebrate September 17 as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. However, the ruling TRS party in Telangana insisted that it be celebrated as ‘Integration Day’, as on September 17, 1948, Hyderabad was freed from the Nizam’s rule and integrated into the Indian Union.