Question

I am a popular peasant movement that was launched in the state of Andhra Pradesh against the Nizam of Hyderabad and his oppressive regime. I was one among the major labor uprisings with numerous women leaders advocating socio-political reform not limited to caste justice, labor protection and women's freedom. Who am I?

• A. Chipko Movement
• B. Anti-Arrack Movement
• C. Laatne Morcha
• D. Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle

Answer 1

The correct option is D Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle

In the princely state of Hyderabad, Muslim elites, upper-caste landlords and moneylenders occupied the top spots in the region's exploitative hierarchy. They physically exploited agricultural laborers, perpetuated bondage and charged exorbitant interest on cash loans. The lower-caste and Dalit women formed a large part of the agricultural labor force. In the Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle, hundreds of women joined the armed struggle to protest against structural oppression. They defied gendered domestic expectations as well as structural oppression from the land-owning upper-caste Hindus. Thus, a close analysis of the struggle will shed some light onto the contributions of Dalit-Bahujan and lower caste women. The women of the Telangana armed struggle expanded the platform of female dissent.