This village in Karnataka was the first in India to declare itself independent

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This is a tale of a few village farmers who dared to take on an empire.
In August 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi called for the Quit India movement, a tiny village in Shivamogga, Karnataka had already decided to break free. 

A village named Esuru became the first village in India to declare itself independent.


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