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Freedom Movement in Andhra (about 1885–1947)
13.1–13.3 Roots and early phases
- An educated class in the Madras Presidency took up nationalism through the Indian National Congress from 1885.
- Bipin Chandra Pal's lectures at Rajahmundry (1907) spread the Vande Mataram spirit; the Home Rule leagues (1916–18) organised it.
13.4–13.8 Gandhian mass movement and local struggles
- The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) met at Bezwada in 1921; Non-Cooperation reached towns and villages.
- Local struggles: Chirala–Perala, Pedanandipadu and the Palnadu forest satyagraha (1921–22).
13.9 Rampa Rebellion
- Alluri Sitarama Raju and the hill people of the Agency fought an armed rising from August 1922 to May 1924.
13.10–13.11 Final phases
- Civil Disobedience and the Salt Satyagraha (1930–34), Individual Satyagraha (1940–41) and Quit India (1942) drew students, women and peasants.
13.12–13.17 Leaders, people and regions
- Konda Venkatappayya, Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Prakasam and others led at provincial and national level.
- Participation differed between coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema and the Agency tracts.
Don't confuse
- Non-Cooperation struggles in Andhra were non-violent; the Rampa Rebellion was an armed tribal rising outside the Congress.
- Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema were in British India; Telangana was in the Nizam's Hyderabad State.
Notice how the branches follow the national phases, then turn to Andhra's own struggles, leaders and regions. The last branch holds two common mix-ups.