- Telangana State government has decided to celebrate 17 September as Praja Palana Day.
- September 17th is the day on which Hyderabad State was integrated into the Indian Union in 1948.
- 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.
- Earlier, the Union government had decided to celebrate September 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day.
- On 17 September 1948, the state of Hyderabad got its independence from Nizam’s rule.
- The liberation of Hyderabad was possible due to the action by the first Minister of Home Affairs of India, Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel under Operation Polo.
