A letter Padmaja Naidu wrote to her mother Sarojini Naidu describes the lead-up to the military's intervention to merge the largest princely state with India and its aftermath.
Telangana chief minister KCR and Union home minister Amit Shah addressed two separate public meetings in Hyderabad to commemorate the same historical event in a contrasting manner.
The day the erstwhile Hyderabad State under the Nizam merged with the Indian Union in 1948, is interpreted differently by different parties in Telangana.
Union home minister Amit Shah will kick off year-long commemoration to mark 75 years of 'Hyderabad State Liberation', with an inaugural event in Hyderabad on September 17.