Contents

pp iii-iv

Preface

pp v-vi

Introduction

pp vii-x

PART I

pp 1-2

1 - Hyderabad State—its Socio-Political Background

pp 3-18

2 - The Peasant Upsurge and Communist Party

pp 19-39

3 - Armed Resistance Movement Against Nizam and Razakars

pp 40-82

4 - Telangana People's Armed Liberation Struggle Against Nizam – its Achievements

pp 83-101

5 - The Communist Movement in Andlira: Terror Regime—1948–1951

pp 102-128

PART II

pp 129-130

1 - Entry of Indian Army and Immediately After

pp 131-144

2 - Terror Regime and Resistance

pp 145-152

3 - The Krishna Forest (Nallamala) Region

pp 153-179

4 - The Godavari Forest Region

pp 180-198

5 - Actions of Guerrilla Squads

pp 199-211

6 - People's Upsurge in Karimnagar and other New Areas

pp 212-223

7 - Movement in Cities and of the Working Class

pp 224-233

8 - Struggle Inside Jails

pp 234-245

9 - Women in the Telangana Movement

pp 246-265

10 - Brief Sketches of Some of the Squad and Party Leaders: after the Entry of the Indian Army

pp 266-292

11 - Withdrawal of Telangana Armed Partisan Resistance

pp 293-326

Epilogue

pp 327-334

PART III

pp 335-336

Appendix I - Martyrs of the Struggle

pp 337-386

Appendix II - The Conditions of Agricultural Workers and of the Poor Peasantry

pp 387-403

Appendix III - Present Secret Organisation – Our Tasks

pp 404-423

Appendix IV - Tales of Telangana

pp 424-458