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Telangana gears up for Independence Day celebrations at Golconda fort

Telangana gears up for Independence Day celebrations at Golconda fort

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-14 03:30 GMT
The Telangana government will organise the Independence Day celebrations this year at the historic Golconda Fort in Hyderabad.
An overall view of the Golconda Fort where the Telangana Independence Day celebrations will be held.
Visitors were stopped from entering the Golconda Fort during the rehearsals. According to our cameraman, they were let in only after 12 noon.
The police force performed a full dress rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations at the fort.
As a follow-up to this, city police officials visited the fort and discussed security arrangements.
The government had informed officials of the general administration department to make arrangements for the Independence Day festivities at Parade Ground this time.
After their downfall in AD 1518, it became the capital of the Qutb Shahi Kings. Subsequently, Aurangazeb annexed it to the Mughal empire.
The Golconda Fort originally belonged to the Kakatiyas of Warangal. In AD 1363, it was ceded to the Baihmanis.
He directed that important buildings like Raja Bhavan, Secretariat, High Court, among others, be lit up on the occasion, it added.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will pay homage at the 'Veerula Sainik Smark' (soldiers' memorial) at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad here and unfurl the National Flag at the Golconda Fort, the release quoted the Chief Secretary as saying.
Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma has directed the officials to make fool-proof arrangements for the event.
The state government held the Independence Day inside the Golconda Fort for the first time last year and it will be the venue for the event this year as well.
Telangana gears up for Independence Day celebrations at Golconda fort

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