Hyderabad, Sept. 13 -- BJP Parliamentary Board member and Rajya Sabha MP Dr K Laxman on Sunday said the sacrifices of the martyrs of 'Operation Polo', who laid down their lives for India's integrity and the liberation of Telangana, would remain unforgettable.
Addressing a programme organised by the Telangana State Liberation Celebrations Committee at the War Tank on Tank Bund to mark the commencement of Operation Polo, Laxman paid tributes to the martyrs and felicitated ex-servicemen.
He described September 13, 1948 as a day that deserved to be written in golden letters in Indian history and recalled that despite the country's Independence on August 15, 1947, the Nizam, backed by the Razakars, sought to keep Hyderabad State outside the In...