1 History & Culture · 1.5.9 Freedom movement in Andhra
1.5.9.4 Chirala–Perala movement
When the government made the twin villages of Chirala and Perala a municipality and raised taxes, about 15,000 people led by Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya left their homes in 1921 and lived in a camp called Ramnagar rather than pay, the best-known local protest of Non-Cooperation in Andhra.
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- Chirala
- Perala
- municipality
- municipal tax
- Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya
- Andhra Ratna
- Ramadandu
- Ramnagar
- 1919
- 1921
- Non-Cooperation
- Gandhi
- Guntur district
- Bapatla district
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