Marathwada Liberation Day The term “Marathwada” has its origin in the word “Mara-hatti-vada (Mar-hat-vada)”, meaning a region of Maratha community. at the time of indian indipendance hydrabad state govrned by nawab of hydrabad was the largest among. Though India got independence on August 15, 1947, Marathwada, Telangana and some parts of Karnataka were in the state of Hyderabad.It had a long way ahead to achieve territorial sovereignty with the princely states of India posing a complex dilemma for the architects of newly-born nation. The Nizam of Hyderabad was the ruler of one such state that kept a tight grip over the regions under its control. The region struggled hard under the leadership of Swami Ramanand Tirth, Govindbhai Shroff, Vajayantra Kabra, P H Patwardhan and others, against the Razakars unleased by the Nizam.Union Government launched Hyderabad Police Action on 13 September 1948, swiftly overrunning the Nizam’s forces within four and a half days. in combat 32 indian solders n thousends of swatantrata senani ware killed The region joined Maharashtra after the Nizam surrendered to the Indian Army on 17 September 1948.Since then, September 17 is celebrated as the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din (Marathwada Liberation Day) to remember the martyrs who laid down their lives for the region.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:05:03 +0000
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