Sep 17 "Telangana National Integration Day": State government
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to observe September 17 as the "Telangana National Integration Day." The State Cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao made an official release on Saturday, PTI reported.
September 17 is the day erstwhile Hyderabad State, under Nizam rule, merged with the Indian Union in 1948.
The official release said the government would organise a three-day celebration beginning September 16.
On September 17, the Chief Minister would hoist the national flag at a public garden and address the people while the ministers and other public representatives would do the same at their respective centres, it said.
The Chief Minister would hoist the national flag on September 17 at a public garden and address the people, while the ministers and other public representatives would do the same at their respective centres, the release said.
On the last day, September 18, freedom fighters from Telangana will be honoured in all the district headquarters while the poets, artists and other personalities will be felicitated.
The release also stated that Cabinet decided to increase the number of beneficiaries under the Dalit Bandhu Scheme from 100 to 500 in every Assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has suggested to Union Home Minister Amit Shah that September 17 be celebrated as National Integration Day and not as Telangana Liberation Day.