About the Book: Telangana Peoples Struggle and its Lessons This book provides a comprehensive account of the Telangana Peoples Struggle during 1946-51 to point out the political lessons that emerged from this movement. Beginning with an account of feudal oppression in the Nizam-governed Hyderabad state and the organization of masses, against the backdrop of the national movement, the book recounts the shaping of an alternate nationalism that gave particular emphasis to the struggle for the depressed classes. It discusses the sacrifices of the fighting peasantry of Telangana and the Visalandhra state unit of the Communist Party which led the uprising. During the course of the struggle, the peasantry