About the Book: Tribal Revolts in Colonial Andhra
The Tribals / adivasis are marginalized people living in the hills and forests
often exploited by their more advanced brethren occasionally resulting in armed
insurrections. The Present work attempts to provide a comprehensive account of
tribal uprisings in the hill portions of Andhra in the second half of nineteenth
and early decades of twentieth centuries. These uprisings were ostensibly
triggered off by the British Governments efforts, aimed at the curtailment of
the extraordinary powers of the native tribal chiefs and the colonization of
tribal economy..........