Preface ................................................................................ 13
Acknowledgments ............................................................... 17
Chapter 1:
My Telugu Roots .................................................................... 21
Chapter 2:
Kakatiya Empire — An Epic Struggle for Telugu Unification ........ 27
Chapter 3:
Demise of the United Telugu Country ........................................ 39
Chapter 4:
Birth of the Greatest Known Telugu Empire —Vijayanagara
Saamrajyam ........................................................................... 49
Chapter 5:
Life in Vijayanagaram ............................................................... 63
Chapter 6:
Sri Krishna Deva Raya Valor ..................................................... 75
Chapter 7:
Vijayanagara Glory ..................................................................103
Chapter 8:
Jihad and Destruction of the Empire ......................................... 117
Chapter 9:
Seeds of Division — Telangana, Kosta, and Rayalaseema ......... 127
Chapter 10:
State of the Pre-Independence Telangana .................................. 137
Chapter 11:
State of the Pre-independence Kosta and Rayalaseema ............. 145
Chapter 12:
People’s Movement for a Telugu State—Andhra Mahasabha ....... 153
Chapter 13:
People’s Movement for a Telugu State — Nizam Andhra
Mahasabha ............................................................................ 161
Chapter 14:
MIM Razakars Defeated and Nizam Telangana Freed ................ 171
Chapter 15:
Formation of the Andhra State ................................................ 185
Chapter 16:
Vishalandhra at Last! ..............................................................197
Chapter 17:
Jai Telangana — Chenna Reddy versus Indira Gandhi ............... 209
Chapter 18:
Jai Andhra— Subba Reddy versus Indira Gandhi ..................... 243
Chapter 19:
Telangana State Demand Built on a Platform of Lies ................ 261
Chapter 20:
Telangana State Demand — A Bhasmasura Wish ................... 285
Bibliography ......................................................................... 293
Index ................................................................................... 297 |
