Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.5 Revolts, armed struggle and the end of Nizam rule (1940–1956)

10.5.2 Telangana peasant armed struggle (1946–51): causes, phases, leaders and results

From 1946 to 1951 peasants of Telangana, organised by the Andhra Mahasabha and the Communist Party, rose first against deshmukhs and vetti, then against the Nizam's government and the Razakars, and after September 1948 against the Indian Army, until the party called the struggle off on 21 October 1951; it is remembered as the Telangana armed struggle (Telangana Rythanga Sayudha Poratam).

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Key terms

  • Telangana armed struggle
  • Telangana Rythanga Sayudha Poratam
  • Andhra Mahasabha
  • Communist Party of India
  • sangham
  • vetti
  • deshmukh
  • jagirdar
  • levy
  • Visnoor deshmukh Ramachandra Reddy
  • Babu Dora
  • Shaik Bandagi
  • Chakali Ailamma
  • Palakurthi
  • Doddi Komaraiah
  • Kadavendi
  • 4 July 1946
  • 11 September 1947
  • Ravi Narayana Reddy
  • Baddam Yella Reddy
  • Makhdoom Mohiuddin
  • P. Sundarayya
  • Chandra Rajeswara Rao
  • Devulapalli Venkateswara Rao
  • Arutla Ramachandra Reddy
  • Arutla Kamala Devi
  • Mallu Swarajyam
  • Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy
  • Nalla Narasimhulu
  • guerrilla dalams
  • gram rajyams
  • Parkala
  • Bairanpalli
  • B.T. Ranadive
  • 21 October 1951
  • Bhoodan
  • Pochampally
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1950
  • Prajala Manishi
  • Maa Bhoomi
  • Bandenaka Bandi Katti

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