Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy said on Monday that the party would hoist a separate state flag along with the tricolour on September 17 to mark 75th Hyderabad integration day. Reddy said the Telangana flag would represent the state's pride.
The Congress will also celebrate Hyderabad integration day from September 17, 2022 to September 17, 2023.
Reddy said the Telangana flag would be hoisted in all the villages of the state along with the tricolour.
Congress will also introduce a new "Telangana thalli" that will reflect all the sections of Telangana people. Telangana Thalli is a symbolic mother goddess for the people of Telangana.
The Centre has also announced cultural activities for year-long commemoration of Hyderabad Liberation Day. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be the chief guest at the inaugural programme to be organised at Parade Grounds in Hyderabad.
Ministry of Culture has also invited the Chief Ministers of Telangana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra to attend the inaugural programme in Hyderabad.
On the other hand, the ruling TRS government has announced that September 17 would be celebrated as Telangana National Integration Day. Celebrations will be conducted officially across the state for three days from September 16 to 18, the state government informed.
On September 17, 1948, more than a year after India secured Independence from the British, the state of Hyderabad got its independence from Nizam's rule.
The liberation of Hyderabad was possible due to the swift and timely action by India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel under Operation Polo.
The state of Hyderabad under the Nizam included the whole of current day Telangana, the Marathwada region in Maharashtra that included the districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Hingoli, Jalna, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani and districts of Kalaburagi ,Bellary Raichur ,Yadgir, Koppal, Vijayanagara and Bidar in current day Karnataka.
The state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka officially observe September 17 as Liberation Day.