CONTENTS
PARTI
CHAPTER
A FEW WORDSINTRODUCTION
I HYDERABAD STATE—ITS SOCIO-POLITICAL
BACKGROUND 7
Multi-lingual state—7 ; conflict between Muslimruler and Hindu subjects—8 ; feudal oppression—9 ;wretched conditions of workers and middle classemployees—16 ; beginnings of the Andhra Maha-sabha—18 ; second world war and people's
struggles—21
II THE PEASANT UPSURGE AND COMMU-NIST PARTY 28The spark that set afire the Telangana agrarianrevolt—35; Doddi Komarayya's martyrdom, July 4,1946—36 ; Government resorts to mass arrests andpolice terror—39; armed police raids onvillages and people's resistance—41 ; aftermath of raids—49 ; lessons of this phase of the move-
ment—52
III ARMED RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AGAINSTNIZAM AND RAZAKARS 56Distribution of land, establishment of people's rule(August 15, 1947 to September 13, 1948)-56 ; ouragrarian programme-58 ; the new upsurge—60 ;collection of arms, formation of regular guerrillasquads for armed resistance—63 ; some notable
armed actions-68 ; destruction of military and
police camps—99 ; the story of martyrs—103