SARDAR SARVAYI PAPANNA GOUD

Sardar Sarvayi Papanna Goud born in Goud Community at Khilashapur Village near Jangaon in Warangal District. He fought against the Muslim rule in Telangana. He constituted some mansions and protected the interest of poor. He lived during the period of Aurangazeb. He supported the lives of many poor people who were Backward and downtrodden.He used lead reddy,velama leaders to fight against Muslims for better living of Hindus. Shivaji conquered Maharastra from Muslim rule and at the same time papanna occupied the Telangana area from Mughal rule between 1687 to 1724 AD. His name, also spelt as Sardar Sarvai Papanna or Sardar Sarvay Papanna or Papadu also built a fort in Khilashapur which was also considered as capital city. As mentioned in A Concise History of INDIA written by Barbara D.Metcalf and Thomas R.Metcalf on page number 30 says Sardar Sarvai Papanna Goud also called as Papadu,a Telugu cheftian.In the years after 1700,according to John Richards and V.Narayana Rao told in the above A Concise History of INDIA,Papadu who hailed from Toddy tapping(fermented liquor manufacturing) caste,recruited followers from an array of untouchable and ritually warrier groups to form an army of several thousand.With it he mounted successful assaults against several of the major towns in Telangana which were under Mughals.It also says he was captured and killed after a year long siege of his hill-fort refuge by Mughal force.