what briefly about Chirala perala movement?
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did happen almost a hundred years ago in Guntur district of Madras Province. The novel protest fired the patriotic spirit of thousands of young men and women across the country to join the nationalist movement.
The Government had merged contiguous villages of Chirala and Perala to convert into municipality in 1919 with the obvious intent of augmenting tax collections, from Rs. 4,000 a year to Rs 40,000. Over 17,000 residents, already groaning under heavy tax burden, vehemently opposed it. But the Justice Party Government, headed by the Rajah of Panagal, resolved to have its way at any cost.
There ensued a kind of war between the people and the Government, each refusing to budge an inch. All the elected councilors resigned and joined the agitation. The Government doggedly carried on the administration with a paid chairman. The residents were jailed for refusing to pay the taxes. One of the imprisoned residents was considered to be the first woman in the country to be imprisoned on political grounds.