Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · 1.18 Freedom movement in Andhra

1.18.1 Early resistance in Andhra: the poligars, Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy and 1857

Before the Congress era, resistance to Company rule in the Telugu country came from dispossessed poligars, above all Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy of Koilkuntla (1846–47), and in 1857 from scattered risings at Kadapa, in the Godavari Agency and at the Hyderabad Residency.

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Key terms

  • poligars
  • palegars
  • Ceded Districts
  • Thomas Munro
  • Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy
  • Koilkuntla
  • Nossam
  • Kurnool
  • 1846
  • 1847
  • 1857
  • Sheikh Peer Saheb
  • Kadapa
  • Korukonda Subba Reddy
  • Godavari Agency
  • Turrebaz Khan
  • Hyderabad Residency
  • Rampa 1879

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