International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 3 6 2014 June 14 Making Peoples History in Telangana Movement: Remembering Voyya Raja Ram 37 43 EN Pineda EliseY. 1 University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho USA Wolf Brian 2 Deol SatnamSingh 1 Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, INDIA Trivedi R. 1 Department of Community Medicine S.S. Medical College Rewa, MP, INDIA Adhikari P. 2 singh sandeep 3 Sharma SinghS.P.V 4 Mishra A 5 Saxena M 6 Goyal A 7 Nirmala V. 1 Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605014, INDIA Yepthomi KavikaK. 2 Glozah FranklinN. 1 Department of Psychology and Human Development, Regent University College of Science and Technology, Accra, GHANA Dhanaraju Vulli 1 Department of History, Assam University (Central University), Diphu Campus, Assam, INDIA > Research Article 2014 3 26 2014 June 14 The present paper produces a counter-cultural discourse that aims at making peoples history in the Telangana People’s Movement during 1946-51. In the context of recent ‘Telangana’ state formation the political parties and other Joint Action Committees who participated in the separate state movement popularised the term ‘reconstruction’ of Telangana state. In this scenario the paper emphasizes the reconstruction of cultural history of Telangana and their cultural figures who really contributed to the subaltern literature for the movement. Voyya Rajaram is one of the finest subaltern poets in Telangana Peoples Movement. His songs had played as weapon of the weak and resistance in the mobilisation of the people to fight against ‘Deshmuks’ and Nizam’s repressive rule in Hyderabad State. The martyrs of Telangana and their struggles can been seen in the songs of Raja Ram. Many studies exist which have looked at the life and work of the peoples poet. However, no critical historical analysis of Raja Ram has so far been undertaken. Apart from the fact this study can thus add to our knowledge of the cultural struggle in Telangana, by focusing on his songs on the movement. By locating his contribution in the social and cultural contexts of the region of Telangana the present paper argues how the weak people resisted with their songs and sacrificed their life for the cause of the movement. Copyright@ International Science Community Association