Two parallel celebrations are planned on September 17; one is to mark ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ by the Central government and the other is ‘National Integration Day’ by the Telangana government.
While the Central government’s programme includes a march past by paramilitary forces at Parade Grounds, the State government’s event is a cultural fiesta at NTR Stadium and People’s Plaza.
But 74 years earlier, an air of fear and foreboding hung in the air in the newly-independent country with princely states jostling for identity.
