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Marathwada Liberation Day - September 17
September 19 , 2022
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- The day is celebrated in commemoration of the anniversary of Operation Polo, which led to the annexation of Hyderabad into the Union of India.
- The Marathwada region of the present-day Maharashtra was a part of the then princely state of Hyderabad, which was under the Nizam’s rule.
- Hyderabad’s Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, wished to continue his rule as either a self-governing monarchy or a protectorate of the British Empire and did not intend to join either India or Pakistan.
- The British government, on the other hand, refused to grant Hyderabad any kind of sovereignty.
- Hyderabad’s population was predominantly Hindu and wished to reunite with India.
- The Nizam, a Muslim, was hesitant to join the Union of India.
- To maintain power, he even went to permit the formation of a private militia known as the Razakars.
- In the end, the talks between India and Hyderabad failed.
- India launched Operation Polo, a military operation against Hyderabad.
- On September 17, 1948, Nizam’s army was forced to submit.
- And the state of Hyderabad became a part of the Union of India.
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