South Asian Oral History

Peasant uprisings of Telengana and Srikakulam

Leaders of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.), India on the peasant uprisings of Telengana and Srikakulam. The Telengana peasant uprising (1942-1948) was led by the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Srikakulam's peasant uprising (1960s-1970s) was led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). 22 cassettes (GC8/127-148)

1. Comrade C.H. Rajeshwar Rao
2. Comrade Arutla Kamla Devi
3. Comrade Nalla Vajramma
4. Comrade Raj Bahadur Gour
5. Comrade Brijrani Gour
6. Comrade Madala Narayan Swami
7. Comrade Maddikalaya Omkar
8. Comrade Maddikalaya Laxmi
9. Comrade Kanuri Venkateshwar Rao
10. Comrade B.N. Redley
11. Comrade B. Sarojini

Local leaders of Telengana

12. E.R. Ramkrishna Reddy
13. Bitta Agaya
14. K. Yadagiri
15. M. Ramchadraya
16. K. Narasimhulu
17. K. Kishan
18. Revolutionary writer Jwalamukhi
19. Comrade Payala Vasudeva
20. Comrade Y. Sambasiva Rao

On the Telengana Peasant Uprising

1. Comrade C.H. Rajeshwar Rao (74), Sect. Member of CPI Andhra Pradesh. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 10.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English. (GC8/127-128)
2. Comrade Arutla Kamla Devi (77) of the CPI, former MLA, directly participated in the Telengana movement, led a women's brigade. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 13.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. This tape starts with a painting on the Telengana uprising.Urdu. (GC8/130)
3. Comrade Nalla Vajramma (78) of the CPI, wife of Comrade Nalla Narsimhulu who was killed in the Telengana uprising. Comrade Vajramma also participated in the Telengana peasant uprising. Interviewed in Jangain, district Warrangal, A.P. on 14.10.97 by Shahriar Kabir. This tape starts with the landscape of Telengana where the uprising took place in the 1940s. Telegu. (GC8/129)
4. Comrade Raj Bahadur Gour (79) of the CPI, A.P. on the Telengana labour movement of A.P. and Comrade Brijrani Gour, wife of Raj Bahadur Gour on the women's movement in A.P. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 10.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English and Urdu. (GC8/131-132)
5. Comrade Madala Narayan Swami (84), C.C. member of the CPI (M-L) New Democracy, active participant of the Telengana peasant uprising. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 9.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English. (GC8/136-137)
6. Comrade Maddikalaya Omkar, State Secretary of MCPI, A.P. on the Telengana peasant uprising and the formation of the MCPI, and Comrade Maddikalaya Laxmi, wife of Comrade Omkar. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 11.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English and Telegu. (GC8/138-139)
7. Comrade Kanuri Venkateshwar Rao (80) of the CPI (M-L) and his cultural team on the Telengana and Naxalite songs, sang by Kanevri, M. Rama Rao (Secretary Arunodaya), R. Shoba and Pulana Vijoy Kumar. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 9.10.97, by Shahriar Kabir. English, Telegu and Urdu. (GC8/140)
8. Comrade B.N. Reddy (78), MP, Convenor, CPM Andhra Pradesh State Committee and Comrade B. Sarojini on the Telengana peasant uprising. Interviewed in Hyderabad, A.P. on 10.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English and Urdu. (GC8/141-142)
9. Local leaders of the Telengana peasant uprising, E.R. Ramkrishna Reddy (70) and Bitta Agaya (80). Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir and Abhijit Majumdar at Kadivendi village of Warrangal district, on 14.10.97. This tape starts with the landscape of Telengana and some monuments. Telegu. (GC8/144)
10. Local leaders K. Yadagiri (70), M. Ramchadraya (70), K. Narasimhulu (70) and K. Kishan (62). Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir and Abhijit Majumdar at Kalenapaka village of Warrangal district and Aliur village of Nalgonda district (A.P.), on 15.10.97. This tape also contains songs on the Telengana peasant uprising sang by Arunadaya of the CPI(M-L) New Democracy. Urdu and Telegu. (GC8/145)
11. Songs and 'Burrakatha'and 'Jamkulkatha' (ballads) on the peasant uprisings of Telengana and Srikakulam of Andhra Pradesh, presented by Arunadaya of the cultural wing of the CPI (M-L) New Democracy. Recorded by Shahriar Kabir in Hayderabad on 15.10.97. Telegu. (GC8/146)
12. Revolutionary writer and poet Jwalamukhi of Andhra Pradesh on the Telengana and Srikakulam peasant uprisings and the UCCRI (M-L). Interviewed by Abhijit Majumdar and Shahriar Kabir, in Hayderabad, on 12.10.97. English. (GC8/143)

On Srikakulam's peasant uprising of the 1960s and 70s

13. Comrade Pyala Vasudeva, former secretary of the State Committee of the CPI (M-L) New Democracy. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Hayderabad on 12.10.97. English. (GC8/133-135)
14. Comrade Y. Sambasiwa Rao, secretariat member of the CPI (M-L) New Democracy. Interviewed in Hayderabad, A.P. on 8.10.97, by Abhijit Majumdar & Shahriar Kabir. English. (GC8/147-148)