Editing Polygar Wars (section)

==Third Polygar War== 
A final Polygar War in 1847 against the British was fought by [[Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy]] at [[Kovelakuntla]] (Koilakuntla). He and his commander-in-chief Vadde Obanna were at the heart of a freedom movement against Company rule in India in 1847, where 5,000 Indian peasants rose up in revolt against the British East India Company in [[Nandyal district]]. The rebels were protesting against the changes introduced by the Company authorities to the traditional agrarian system in the first half of the nineteenth century. These changes include the introduction of the [[ryotwari system]] and other attempts to maximize revenue through exploiting lower-status cultivators through implementing exploitative working conditions. The revolt took thousands of Company soldiers to suppress, with Reddy's death bringing it to an end.