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

10.5.1 Tribal revolts: Ramji Gond (1857–60) and Kumram Bheem (Jodeghat, 1940)

Two Gond-led risings in the Adilabad forests framed the tribal side of Telangana's history under the Nizams: Ramji Gond's revolt at Nirmal during the 1857 upheaval, crushed in 1860, and Kumram Bheem's fight at Jodeghat for "Jal, Jangal, Zameen" (water, forest, land), crushed by the Nizam's police in 1940.

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Key terms

  • Ramji Gond
  • Rohillas
  • Nirmal
  • Veyyi Urla Marri
  • 1857 revolt in Hyderabad
  • Afzal-ud-Daula
  • Gonds
  • Kolams
  • Adilabad
  • Kumram Bheem
  • Sankepalli
  • Jodeghat
  • Babejhari
  • Jal Jangal Zameen
  • Mava Nate Mava Raj
  • podu cultivation
  • forest laws
  • Kerameri
  • Aswayuja Pournami
  • Haimendorf
  • Hyderabad Tribal Areas Regulation 1946
  • Keslapur Nagoba darbar
  • Kumram Bheem Asifabad district
  • Kumram Bheem Conservation Reserve

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