Telangana People's Struggle and Its Lessons

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Foundation Books, 1972 - History - 592 pages
Sri 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.

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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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