Hyderabad, April 6 -- Najaf Ali Khan, a grandson of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, has demanded the Telangana government to officially commemorate his grandfather's birth anniversary every year to honour his legacy.

Najaf's statement comes on April 6 this year marking the 140th birth anniversary of Osman Ali Khan, who ruled the erstwhile state of Hyderabad from 1911 to 1948, until it was acceded to India on September 17, 1948. Seeking the last Nizam's birth anniversary to be commemorated, Najaf Ali Khan asserted that it be done in in recognition of his grandfather's service and legacy.

"Why is the Government not commemorating the birth anniversary of Nizam VII? Is this an oversight, or a deliberate decision...