Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

September 17 is observed as Hyderabad Liberation Day, commemorating the integration of the Hyderabad State into the Indian Union in 1948. Operation Polo, the military operation undertaken by India, commenced on September 13, 1948, and lasted for five days. On September 17, Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos, commander of the Hyderabad State Forces, surrendered, following which the Nizam declared a ceasefire. The event marked a significant development in the political history of independent India and brought the Hyderabad State into the Indian Union.