I Thirumali

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I Thirumali
Occupation(s)educationist and Writer
Known forTelangana agitation

Inukonda Thirumali, or Acharya Thirumali is an Indian historian, [1] [2] and was an activist for separate statehood for Telangana. He is the chairman of Joint Action Committee of Telangana, Praja Sanghalu. [3]

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Early life

I Thirumali did his M.A. in history at Osmania University, M.Phil on Agrarian Relations of Telangana and Ph.D. on Telangana Peasant Movement, both from Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. [4]

Career

I. Thirumali is a Reader in the Department of History at Sri Venkateswara College at Delhi University. [1] He has authored books on Telangana and feudalism in Telangana. [5]

He is the vice-president of the Telangana Intellectuals Forum, Hyderabad. [6]

Books by Inukonda Thirumali

Research papers

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  4. "Untitled". svc.ac.in. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. I. Thirumali (29 February 1992). "Dora and Gadi: Manifestation of Landlord Domination in Telengana". Economic and Political Weekly . 27 (9): 477–482. JSTOR   4397664.
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