‘It is Government’s prerogative to celebrate anybody’s Jayanti as long as it is not contrary to law’
“As far as my knowledge of history goes, he is not a freedom fighter, but a ruler of a princely State. What is the use of celebrating this? As the British fought a war against Nizam of Hyderabad, Tipu fought to save his kingdom. Tipu would have fought even against the Nizam to defend his territory. This being the case, can we call the Nizam a freedom fighter?”, former Chief Justice S.K. Mukherjee had remarked.
