Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Government has decided to celebrate the 17th of September every year as Hyderabad Liberation Day in honour of the martyrs of the Hyderabad Liberation Movement. He said, the decision is a befitting tribute to the freedom fighters and the martyrs who made supreme sacrifices to remain a part of Bharat by liberating the Hyderabad region from the atrocious Nizam rule. In a social media post, Mr. Shah said, today is a historic day and the decision will ignite the flame of patriotism among the youth and immortalise our icons of the freedom movement.