The tricolour was officially hoisted across the subcontinent to celebrate Independence on August 15, 1947. However, the act continued to be an offence in some areas in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Telangana that were part of the Princely State of Hyderabad. For, Mir Osman Ali Khan, then Nizam, had refused to integrate his State with the newborn country. So, thousands in these areas continued their fight, while the rest of the country celebrated Independence.
Tricolour hoisted
As part of this struggle, a few people led by Baurao Patil, associated with Dayananda Saraswati’s Arya Samaj, hoisted the tricolour at his village Honnalli and neighbouring Halagorta in Bidar district. To punish those involved, the Nizam’s police, along with Isamuddin, the local leader of Razakars (a private armed militia formed and led by Kasim Razvi, which was independent of the Nizam government but stood firmly in support of it) came to Honnalli to arrest Patil and others but could not find them. The Razakars then ransacked Patil’s house.
