Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy | |
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 Portrait of Reddy | |
| Born | 24 November 1806 Rupanagudi, Uyyalawada, Koilkuntla, Madras Presidency, British India
(Now Rupanagudi, Uyyalawada Mandal, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 23 February 1847 (age 40) |
| Cause of death | Executed by hanging |
| Spouse(s) | 1 Siddamma 2 and 3 not known |
| Children | Uyyalawada Dora Subbayah |
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy was an Indian freedom fighter leader. Son of a former Telugu Palegaaru Mallareddy and Seethamma, Narasimha Reddy was born in Rupanagudi village, on 24 November 1806. He belonged to the Motati Clan of Reddys.[1][2] He and his commander-in-chief Vadde Obanna were at the heart of a freedom movement against Company rule in India in 1847, where 5,000 Indian peasants rose up in revolt against the British East India Company in Nandyal district.[3]
The rebels were protesting against the changes introduced by the Company authorities to the traditional agrarian system in the first half of the nineteenth century. These changes include the introduction of the ryotwari system and other attempts to maximize revenue through exploiting lower-status cultivators through implementing exploitative working conditions. The revolt took thousands of Company soldiers[citation needed] to suppress, with Reddy's death bringing it to an end.[3]
- ^ Reddy, Ranga (2003). The State of Rayalaseema. Mittal Publications. pp. 334–335. ISBN 9788170998143.
- ^ Reddy, Sudheer (2021). The Thought, A Journey of Seven Generations. Kasturi Vijayam. p. 40. ISBN 9789354930966.
- ^ a b Reddy, K. Venugopal (2010). "Dominance and Resistance: A Study of Narasimha Reddy's Revolt in Andhra against the injustice and towards India's freedom movement (1846–47)". Social Scientist. 38: 23–36. JSTOR 25621954.