Telangana People's Struggle and Its LessonsSri Putchalapalli Sundarayya (1 May 1913 - 19 May 1985) was a renowned national liberation fighter. He was one of the founders of the Communist Movement in India and an indefatigable fighter for the rights of toiling masses of India. He led the glorious Telangana peasant armed struggle in the 1940s against the despotic rule of Nizam of Hyderabad and liberated many from the shackles of servitude under Vetti. Sundarayya provides a detailed description of the intricacies - both decision-making and the execution of plans by the various guerilla squads. The book provides a ringside view of the movement of squads, the network of communications and the police terror. It highlights the movement, the years in the forests fighting the Nizam's forces and then the Indian army. It provides a wealth of detail and any account of the Telengana struggle is incomplete without reference to this authoritative work. |
Contents
Hyderabad Stateits SocioPolitical Background | 3 |
The Peasant Upsurge and Communist Party | 19 |
Armed Resistance Movement Against Nizam and Razakars | 75 |
Telangana Peoples Armed Liberation Struggle Against Nizam | 93 |
Entry of Indian Army and Immediately After | 131 |
Terror Regime and Resistance | 145 |
The Krishna Forest Nallamala Region | 153 |
The Godavari Forest Region | 179 |
Movement in Cities and of the Working Class | 224 |
Struggle Inside Jails | 234 |
Women in the Telangana Movement | 246 |
Withdrawal of Telangana Armed Partisan Resistance | 315 |
Epilogue | 327 |
Appendix I | 337 |
Appendix II | 387 |
Appendix III | 404 |
Actions of Guerrilla Squads | 199 |
Peoples Upsurge in Karimnagar and other New Areas | 212 |
Appendix IV | 424 |
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