Archive · 17 Sep 2026
BJP Calls Hyderabad Merger Liberation Day, BRS Says Integration Day
September 17 marks the day Hyderabad joined the Indian Union in 1948.
The BJP calls this day Telangana Liberation Day.
The BRS calls it Telangana Integration Day.
The BJP will hold a large event at the Parade Grounds in Hyderabad.
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will be the chief guest.
The event will include parades and cultural programmes.
K.T. Rama Rao of the BRS will hold a separate ceremony at Telangana Bhavan.
Some groups will remember the police action, while others will pay respects to the seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan.
The BJP will observe September 17 as Telangana Liberation Day.
The BRS will continue marking the occasion as Telangana Integration Day.
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will attend the BJP event at Hyderabad’s Parade Grounds.
The BJP programme will include paramilitary parades and cultural events from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
K.T. Rama Rao will unfurl the national flag at Telangana Bhavan, while other groups remember the police action and the seventh Nizam.
- Who
- The BJP, BRS, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, K.T. Rama Rao, and other state and Union leaders and groups.
- What
- Separate observances will mark Hyderabad’s 1948 merger with the Indian Union under different names.
- When
- September 17; the BJP event is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday.
- Where
- The BJP event will be held at Parade Grounds, while the BRS ceremony will take place at Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad.
- Why
- The parties and groups hold different political and historical views about how the 1948 event should be commemorated.
BJP Position
BRS Position
Name of the occasion
BJP Position
The BJP will observe September 17 as Telangana Liberation Day, saying the Union government has officially used that name during the past four years.
BRS Position
The BRS will continue to observe September 17 as Telangana Integration Day.
Public commemoration
BJP Position
The BJP is organizing a major event with paramilitary parades and cultural programmes at the Parade Grounds.
BRS Position
The BRS is holding its own observance at Telangana Bhavan, where K.T. Rama Rao will unfurl the national flag.
Historical remembrance
BJP Position
The liberation framing emphasizes Hyderabad’s merger with the Indian Union in 1948.
BRS Position
Other groups are using different forms of remembrance, including commemorating the police action and paying respects to Mir Osman Ali Khan, reflecting continuing differences over the history of the event.
- Historical event
- The princely state of Hyderabad merged with the Indian Union in 1948.
- BJP designation
- Telangana Liberation Day
- BRS designation
- Telangana Integration Day
- BJP venue
- Parade Grounds, Hyderabad
- BJP programme
- Special paramilitary parades and cultural programmes
- Chief guest
- Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan
- BRS ceremony
- K.T. Rama Rao will unfurl the national flag at Telangana Bhavan
- Additional observances
- Some socio-political groups will remember the police action, while Tahreek Muslim Shabban leaders will pay respects to Mir Osman Ali Khan at his grave.