1 History & Culture · 1.5.9 Freedom movement in Andhra

1.5.9.5 Pedanandipadu no-tax campaign and the Palnadu forest satyagraha

In the Non-Cooperation years, Guntur's peasants refused land revenue at Pedanandipadu (1922) under Parvataneni Veeraiah Chowdary, while in Palnadu they defied forest grazing fees in the Pullari satyagraha, whose leader Kanneganti Hanumanthu was killed in police firing in 1922.

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Key terms

  • Pedanandipadu
  • no-tax campaign
  • 1922
  • Parvataneni Veeraiah Chowdary
  • Andhra Shivaji
  • Shanti Sena
  • village officers
  • resignations
  • Guntur
  • Palnadu
  • Pullari satyagraha
  • grazing fee
  • Kanneganti Hanumanthu
  • Chenchus
  • Nallamalai
  • Rayachoti
  • Gandhi Raj
  • Chauri Chaura
  • Konda Venkatappayya

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