A close analysis of the development of different historiographies-from those of non-Brahmin leaders, Suriyadevara Raghavayya Chaudari and Tripuraneni Ramaswami Chaudari, to the socialist-cum-nationalist leader, N.G. Ever since the chaotic disputes on Andhra historiog-raphy flared up in 1910, ways to interpret the regional past have become crucial for their self-definition in the newly acquired idea of India as well as that of Hinduism, with the whole debate ultimately leading to the emergence of some influential historiographies on the Kamma caste. It studies the Telugu-speaking Kammas, a dominant caste in Andhra, a region that has witnessed a vehement movement for linguistic states. This article traces the role played by the modern historical consciousness of region and language in the writing of caste historiography during the first half of the twentieth century.
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