Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy

The Rayalaseema freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy (1806-22 February 1847), the Palegadu (feudal chief) of Uyyalawada village in Kurnool district who led the 1846 Rayalaseema peasant rebellion against the British East India Company's revenue system. After the Company abolished his family's traditional kavali police allowance and demanded unpaid dues in 1846, Reddy raised 500 armed Boyas and Chenchus and attacked the Koilakuntla treasury on 10 June 1846. The subsequent six-month campaign across the Rayalaseema hills ended with his capture on 6 October 1846; he was publicly hanged at Koilakuntla on 22 February 1847 and his body displayed for 32 years. His 2022 statue at Kurnool and the 2022 district-renaming (Nandyal district) honour his legacy.