Hyderabad, Sept.17 (Hydnow): The Vice President of the country M. Venkaiah Naidu today greeted the people of the state on the occasion of merger of Hyderabad princely state into Indian union. He said that he was paying tribute to the iron man of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who was instrumental in the merger of the Hyderabad state into the Indian union. He said that Patel had bent the neck of Nizam and ensure the merger of the Hyderabad state into the Indian union. In his tweet, he said that he was greeting the people of the state on the occasion of Hyderabad liberation day. (Hydnow)