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DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY


SABBAVARAM, VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA

PROJECT TITLE - ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU

SUBJECT - LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY

NAME OF THE FACULTY- Prof.(Dr). VISWACHANDRA NATH MADASU

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE - SAUMYA SINGH


ROLL NO. - 2017082
SEMESTER – SECOND SEMESTER

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researcher would like to put forward her heartfelt appreciation to her respected History
associates professor , Prof. Dr. Viswachandra Nath Madasu for giving her a golden
opportunity to take up this project regarding “ Alluri Sitarama Raju” . The researcher has tried
her level best to do justice with the project given to her by collecting information about the
project in various possible ways to depict clear picture about the given project topic

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………04
 SYNOPSIS……………………………………………………………………………..05
 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………….06
 EARLY LIFE………………………………………………………………………….07
 BEGIN OF REVOLUTION………………………………………………………….08
 SEEDS OF REVOLUTION………………………………………………………….09
 SEEDS OF RAMPA REBELLION………………………………………………….11
 RAMPA REBELLION………………………………………………………………..12
 MARTYRDOM OF ALLURI……………………………………………………….15
 LEGACY……………………………………………………………………………….16
 FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU………….17
 CURRENT STATUS OF TRIBES…………………………………………………..18
 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………..19
 BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………..20

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ABSTRACT
Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Independence Movement. He
was born on 7th July 1897 at Mogallu village, West Godavari district, India. He led a protest
movement in the border areas of the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts of Andhra
Pradesh. He and his followers stole guns and ammunitions and killed several ritish army officers,
including Scott Coward near Dammanapalli. In December 1922, the British deployed a company
of Assam Riffles, near Pegadapalle under the leadership of Saundars. Raju, who had by then
gone underground, resurfaced after about four months and continued the fight, strengthened by
tribal volunteers using bows and arrows under the leadership of ‘Gam Mallu Dora’ and’Gantam
Dora’.

Rama Raju was eventually trapped by the british in the forests of Chintapalli and then tied to a
tree and shot dead with a rifle in Mampa village. Alluri Sitarama Raju’s tomb is presently in
Krishna Devi Peta village.

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SYNOPSIS
TITLE – Alluri Sitarama Raju

INTRODUCTION - Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the


Independence Movement. He played a very prominent role in making India independent. He was
referred to as ‘Manyam Verudu’ (Hero of Jungles) by the locals. He was born on 7th July 1897
at Mogallu village, West Godavari district, India.

RESEARCH QUESTION-

 What is the role of Alluri Sitarama Raju in the Independence Movement?


 What is his legacy?

LITERATURE REVIEW –

 J Mangamma, Alluri Sitarama Raju (AP State Archives monograph series), AP Sate
Archives, Visakhapatnam.
 MV Chalapathi Rao, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Swathi Book House, Vijaywada.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY – The paper focuses on the life of Alluri Sitarama Raju and his
role in the Independence Movement.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY – The scope of the study revolves around the life of Alluri Sitarama
Raju.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY – The important content in this paper is Alluri Sitarama
Raju and his role in the Independence Movement.

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 INTRODUCTION
Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Independence Movement. He
was a true Indian patriot, who brought shiver in the spine of British colonial rulers. He is one of
the greatest revolutionary fighters of Andhra Pradesh. He fought for a cause for social justice, for
freedom and for to liberate innocent tribals from bondage and slavery, who were looted by
colonial rulers, morally, materially and culturally. He was born on 7th July 1897 at Mogallu
village, West Godavari district, India. He led a protest movement in the border areas of the East
Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh. He and his followers stole guns and
ammunitions and killed several ritish army officers, including Scott Coward near Dammanapalli.
In December 1922, the British deployed a company of Assam Riffles, near Pegadapalle under the
leadership of Saundars. Raju, who had by then gone underground, resurfaced after about four
months and continued the fight, strengthened by tribal volunteers using bows and arrows under
the leadership of ‘Gam Mallu Dora’ and’Gantam Dora’.

Rama Raju was eventually trapped by the british in the forests of Chintapalli and then tied to a
tree and shot dead with a rifle in Mampa village. Alluri Sitarama Raju’s tomb is presently in
Krishna Devi Peta village.

Alluri Sitarama Raju was one of the greatest sons that India produced. He laid down his life to
break the shackles of the mother land. The awe-inspiring heroics of Rama Raju still inspire
Telugus. Though his battle with the British lasted only for two years, he made an indelible mark
in the history of the Indian Freedom Struggle and found a permanent place in the hearts of the
countrymen.1

Historian Sumit Sarkar had chronicled the heroic rebellion of Rama Raju in his book Modern
India 1885-1947: "The most striking evidence of continued popular militancy came from the
ever-restive semi-tribal Rampa region in north of the Godavari, scene of a veritable guerrilla
war between August 1922 and May 1924 led by Sitarama Raju, - a truly remarkable man who
has become a folk hero in Andhra." Sarkar also acknowledged the fact that he was not given his
due in the national history books. "...but he is almost unknown elsewhere."

1
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March).

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 EARLY LIFE

Childhood of Alluri Sitarama Raju was filled with many hardships. Sudden demise of his father
led him to bear the yoke of the entire family on his shoulders. He lost his permanent settlement.
His mother brought him up with utmost care, love and affection. Since his childhood he has a
strong will and determined mind. He loved his mother with great affection and honour.

He was born on July 4th 1897 in the village of Pandrangi, 12 km from Bheemunipatnam of
Visakhapatnam district. He was educated in Rajahmundry and Rama-chandra-puram in the East
Godavari district. His father died when Alluri was in elementary school and he grew up in the
care of his uncle, Rama Chandra Raju, a Tahsildar in Narsapur. He then studied in Taylor High
School, Narsapur. Then, he shifted to Tuni along with his mother, brother and sister, on the
transfer of his uncle. He joined Mrs A.V.N. College in Visakhapatnam on September 20, 1912.
He dropped out of the college after having failed in the fourth form (Std. IX). While in Tuni,
Alluri used to frequent the agency areas of the Visakhapatnam district.
He was deeply moved by the plight of the tribals, whose rights were infringed upon by the
British with the inaction of the Madras Forest Act of 1882. The Act placed restrictions on the
free movement of tribals in the forest areas and prevented them from engaging in their traditional
lifestyle of Podu (shifting) cultivation, and use of the forest for firewood The repressive
measures and policies of the British Raj, coupled with the deeds of British contractors who
exploited and oppressed the workers of the hill tribes of the Visakhapatnam district, brought
Alluri Sita Rama Raju into a tussle with the police who supported the contractors. This
eventually culminated in the Rampa Rebellion or Rampa Pituri (Pituri means complaints in
Telugu).2

2
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).

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 BEGIN OF REVOLUTION
India was once a nation of abundant wealth. The thence Britisher’s set their foot as traders. The
nation of shopkeepers, with their treachery and with divide and rule policy, they got control over
entire nation. In the name of East India Company and further direct control of Britain. They
looted the wealth of the nation and made the people as dependents and slaves. Ruled even cruelty
in some parts of the nation. Because of this nature of the colonial rulers, Sitarama Raju rebelled
against the colonial rules since his childhood. His father Venkata Rama Raju as a true patriot
filled Rama Raju with patriotism in his blood, flesh and veins3.

In 1905 Lord Curzon bifurcated Bengal into East and West Bengal provinces. People come to
streets and agitated against British for reunification(Vandemataram Movement). This movement
made a impact on the life of Alluri Sitarama Raju. In 1916 in the month of April, he travelled the
nation on foot. He visited Calcutta via Narsipatnam, Vijaynagaram. He met several Congress
leaders and great stalwarts like – Surendra Nath Banerjee, Motilal Nehru, Chittranjan Das and
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. He made acquainted with them. He participated in ‘Lucknow
Congress Conference’. Then he moved to Baroda, Ujjain, Amritsar, Badhrinath, Nepal,
Brahmakapala, Kaasi, Gangotri and Prayag. Rama Raju visited all these areas on foot. His
thousand kilometers long tour, his direct contact with people made him understand the miseries,
Plights and woes of the people. The revolution that took place in Bengal, Punjab and
Maharashtra made a deep impact on him. He became a completely changed man and ultimately
turned to be a great revolutionary, to rebel against the mighty colonial rulers.4

3
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
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 SEEDS OF REVOLUTION
Rama Raju made up his mind to build a movement against the British. He made Adivasi areas in
the Eastern Ghats (the forest area along the Visakhapatnam and Godavari district) his home and
decided to work for the Adivasis, who were living in abject poverty and being fleeced by police,
forest and revenue officials, in 'Manyam' (forest area). He started working amongst them and
helped them by educating them and providing medical help, using the vast knowledge he gained
from his extensive travels. He decided to make this area the hub for his fight against the British5.

He began to organise Adivasis against the atrocities by the police, the forest and revenue officials
and extensively toured the 'Manyam' area. He told them that they were the sole owners of the
forest produce and prepared them to fight against the oppressive Madras Forest Act, 1882. A
slew of initial successes gave a lot of hope and confidence among the Adivasis and people in the
surrounding villages and more and more of them began to rally behind Rama Raju6.

He was so confident of the path he chose that he told a reporter (incidentally the only interview
he ever gave to a reporter) that he could overthrow the British in two years. Rama Raju was
strongly influenced by patriotic discourse quite early in his life. When a friend gave him a
handful of badges with King George's picture on it, the 13-year-old Raju threw all but one. He
pinned it up on his shirt and would say: "To wear them is to flaunt our servitude. But I pinned it
on my shirt near my heart to remind all of you that a foreign ruler is crushing our lives.” The
social-economic conditions in the country under the British regime, particularly in the tribal
areas, deeply moved him. During these journeys, he met revolutionaries in Chittagong (now in
Bangladesh).7

As he organised them to defend their rights on the produce, he gained tremendous understanding
of the terrain that had helped him in great deal in his future guerrilla war against the British
forces. He would appear at one place this moment and disappear in moment to appear
somewhere else in no time, giving sleepless nights to the British forces. Legends on his attacks
and exploits on the police stations in the region have become part of the folklore. He built a

5
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
6
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
7
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).

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strong team of followers from the area, who built a formidable army sporting traditional weapons
like bow-and-arrow and spears and achieved spectacular successes against the British forces8.

He learnt from the Adivasis, the time-tested methods of war and added his own tactics to put up
a formidable fight against the British. For instance, his team used whistles and beatings of the
drums to exchange messages amongst the revolutionaries. He soon realised that the traditional
weaponry would be of no use against the heavily armed the British forces. He thought the best
way is to snatch them from the enemy and launched attacks on police stations with a lightning
speed.9

8
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18th March 2018).
9
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).

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 SEEDS OF RAMPA REBELLION


The rebellion of 1855-1857 was a great event in history of Santhal. In 1855 the Santhals wage
war against the permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis. On 30th June, 1855 a massive rally of
Santhal, over ten thousand, protested against their exploitation and oppression. The ‘rally, led by
Sidho and Kano, took an oath to end the oppressive rule of the British, Zamindars and money-
lenders and, it deeded to set up an independent Santhali Raj. The money-lenders and Zamindars
had flocked into Santhal areas. The crops of the Santhal were forcibly seized, the interests chafed
on loans varied from fifty to five hundred per cent. The Santhal uprising (1855-1857) was an
attempt to recover the tribal land which was steadily lost to the outsiders and to wipe out the non-
tribals from their territory. It is estimated that fifteen to twenty five thousand Santhals were
killed in this uprising. As stated earlier, in 1855 the Santhals waged war against the permanent
settlement of Cornwallis and a year later, numerous Advice leaders play a key role in the 1857
war of independence. But the defeat of 1858 only intensified British exploitation of national
wealth and resources.

A forest regulation Act passed in 1865 empowered the British Government to declare any land
covered with trees or brushwood as Government forest and to make rules to manage it under
terms of its own choosing. The Act made no provision regarding the rights of tribal users, a more
comprehensive Indian Forest Act was passed in 1878, which imposed severe restrictions upon
Advice rights over forest land and produce in the protected and reserve forests. The Act radically
changed the nature of the traditional common property of the Advice communities and made it
State property.10

In the hill tribal tracts of Andhra Pradesh a revolt broke out in August 1922 led by Allun
Ramachandra Raju, (better known as Sitaram Raju), the Advisees of Andhra hills succeeded in
drawing the British into a full-scale guerrilla war. Unable to cope the British-brought in the
Malabar Special Force to crush it and only prevailed when Alluri Raju died. As the freedom
movement widened, it drew Advisees into all aspects of the struggle. Many landless and deeply
oppressed Advisees joined in with upper-caste freedom fighters expecting that the defect of the
British would usher in a new democratic era.

10
http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ijmer/pdf/volume5/volume5-issue4(2)-2016.pdf (Last accessed on 18th
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 RAMPA REBELLION
Rama Raju made up his mind to build a movement against the British. He made Adivasi areas in
the Eastern Ghats (the forest area along the Visakhapatnam and Godavari district) his home and
decided to work for the Adivasis, who were living in abject poverty and being fleeced by police,
forest and revenue officials, in 'Manyam' (forest area). He started working amongst them and
helped them by educating them and providing medical help, using the vast knowledge he gained
from his extensive travels. He decided to make this area the hub for his fight against the
British.11

He began to organise Adivasis against the atrocities by the police, the forest and revenue officials
and extensively toured the 'Manyam' area. He told them that they were the sole owners of the
forest produce and prepared them to fight against the oppressive Madras Forest Act, 1882. A
slew of initial successes gave a lot of hope and confidence among the Adivasis and people in the
surrounding villages and more and more of them began to rally behind Rama Raju.12

He was so confident of the path he chose that he told a reporter (incidentally the only interview
he ever gave to a reporter) that he could overthrow the British in two years.

As he organised them to defend their rights on the produce, he gained tremendous understanding
of the terrain that had helped him in great deal in his future guerrilla war against the British
forces. He would appear at one place this moment and disappear in moment to appear
somewhere else in no time, giving sleepless nights to the British forces. Legends on his attacks
and exploits on the police stations in the region have become part of the folklore. He built a
strong team of followers from the area, who built a formidable army sporting traditional weapons
like bow-and-arrow and spears and achieved spectacular successes against the British forces.13

He learnt from the Adivasis, the time-tested methods of war and added his own tactics to put up
a formidable fight against the British. For instance, his team used whistles and beatings of the
drums to exchange messages amongst the revolutionaries. He soon realized that the traditional
weaponry would be of no use against the heavily armed the British forces. He thought the best

11
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).
12
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Rampa+Rebellion+of+1879&item_type=topic (Last accessed on 18 th
March 2018).
13
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).

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way is to snatch them from the enemy and launched attacks on police stations with a lightning
speed.14

The first of such attacks was made on Chintapalli police station in Visakhapatnam Agency area
on August 22, 1922, with over 300 revolutionaries under the leadership of Raju taking part in it.
Subsequently, similar attacks were made on Krishnadevi Peta police station and
Raja Ommangi police station. They snatched weapons and armoury in all such attacks. A large
contingent of Reserve Police personnel from Visakhapatnam,
Rajahmundry, Parvatipuram and Koraput were rushed to these areas led by British officers. Two
of the officers – Scot and Heiter were killed in battles with revolutionaries on September 24,
1922, and several others wounded.15

All the attacks were concluded by a trademark letter signed by Raju himself, giving details of the
booty in the station diary. Another hallmark of his attacks was that he would announce the date
and time of the attack.16

Sita Rama Raju carried out his campaign in the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts of
Andhra Pradesh. Inspired by the patriotic zeal of the revolutionaries in Bengal, and the decisions
taken by them at a meeting in Chittagong in 1921, Sita Rama Raju raided many police stations in
and around Chintapalli, Krishna-devi-peta and Raja-vommangi, carrying off guns and powder,
and killing several British army officers, including the Scott Coward and Hites, near Damana-
palli. Between August and October 1922, he and his men attacked the Chintapalli, Rampa,
chodavaram, Rajahmundry and Addatigala and Annavaram police stations and blasted the
Chintapalli police station. Despite having fewer men and weapons, Alluri and his men exacted
tremendous damage on the British, as they were much more familiar with the hilly terrain and
adept in guerilla tactics. In the 1920's, the British Raj offered a Rs. 10,000 award for his
capture.17
Under the leadership of Saunders, the British deployed a company of the Assam Rifles, near
Pedagaddapalem, in December 1922. Sita Rama Raju, who had by then gone underground,

14
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Rampa+Rebellion+of+1879&item_type=topic (Last accessed on 18 th
March 2018).
15
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18th March 2018).
16
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Rampa+Rebellion+of+1879&item_type=topic (Last accessed on 18 th
March 2018).
17
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).

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resurfaced after some four months and continued the fight, strengthened by tribal volunteers,
using bows and arrows. He was assisted by two brothers, Mallu Dora and Gantam Dora, who
were tribal leaders.18
On September 18, 1923, Sita Rama Raju raided the Annavaram police outpost. Subsequently,
Mallu Dora was arrested. The Government entrusted the task of containing Sita Rama Raju's
activities to one Rutherford, who fired the first salvo when his forces arrested Surya Narayana
Raju Pericherla, popularly known as Aggiraju, a strong follower of Sita Rama Raju. The British
campaign lasted nearly one year from December 1922, and petered off by October 1923. Sita
Rama Raju was trapped by the British in the forests of Chintapalli. He was tied to a tree and shot
dead with a rifle in Mampa village. After the exit of Alluri, the tribal revolt lost its momentum.19
Rampa Rebellion of 1879 was a full scale rebellion against the British in the hill tracts of
Vishakhapatnam against the oppressions of a Zamindar. The rebel was suppressed and a large
number of people were sent to “Kala Pani”.

18
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
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 MARTYRDOM OF ALLURI
In spite of various suppressive methods taken by colonial rulers, revolution spread like wild fire.
To bring the revolution under control the British charged Rs. 10,000 on the head of Alluri
Sitarama Raju. No one betrayed Alluri. The cashprize made no impact on the morality of tribals,
they further tightened the protection of Alluri Sitarama Raju with re vigor strength they revolted
against the imperial forces.20

The British though with their mighty Military strength failed to suppress the revolt. In
desperation they changed their tactics. They wanted to catch hold Alluri Sitarama Raju through
treachery. They hatch a cynical plan. They burnt the entire Gudems of tribals. They beaten old
and children and molested women. They killed the young mercilessly. With these cruelties
almost all they bring down the hell to the earth.21

In these circumstances Rama Raju shattered. He was a broken heart and wept bitterly. He moved
by the plights and the great sacrifices of the people. Their patriotic fervor made him moved. He
wanted to end the atrocities of colonial rulers and to save the lives of innocents, women,
children, young and old. Thus, he changed his mind. He wanted to give in and to yield to the
British in order to save the innocents. In 1924 on May 7th early at dawn, he finally surrendered to
the British on the banks of the river at Koyyuru village. Major Gudal set aside the diplomatic
courtesy and tied him to a tree and shot him in a brutal manner. Rama Raju laid down his life
heroically and become a martyr. For every bullet when he was shot at, he praised the land by
giving slogans with full throat voice.22

20
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
21
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18 th March 2018).
22
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).

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 LEGACY
Today a statue of Raju stands at the junction of Seethammadhara Junction and The Park in
Visakhapatnam. The Indian Postal Department issued a commemorative stamp on Sri Alluri
Seetarama Raju in the series 'India's struggle for freedom' in 1986.23
A Telugu movie was made about Raju's life, entitled Alluri Sita Rama Raju. Krishna starred as
Raju and V. Rama Chandra Rao directed the film. The popular song 'Telugu Veera Levara' was
included in this film and has inspired generations of the Telugu Community.24
Mantena Satya Narayana Raju a dietician and an Ayurvedic Consultant is a relative of Sri Alluri
Sitarama Raju. The only photograph of him, which was taken after his death is preserved in the
A.P. State Archives, Hyderabad.25

23
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).
24
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=148563 (Last accessed on 18th March 2018).
25
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).

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 FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT ALLURI


SITARAMA RAJU
He was born on July 4, 1897 in Mogallu village located near Bhimavaram in the
Born
West Godavari district. He belonged to a Telugu Kshatriya family.
Died He died on May 7, 1924 in Mampa village, Visakhapatnam.
Nick He is also famous as Aluri Rampa Rama Raju, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju and Rama
Name Chandra Raju.
Father Alluri Venkata Rama Raju
Mother Suryanarayanamma
Brother Satyanarayana Raju
Sister Sitamma Dantuluti
Guardian Rama Chandra Raju (a tahsildar in Narsapur)
Sitaram Raju faced many problems in his chilhood after the death of his father. He
Childhood
became the bread earner for his family.
He attained his primary eduaction at Mogallu, Kovvada, Bhimavaram and Narsapur
Studies of West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his high school studies
and college education at a Mission high school in Visakapatnam.
He participated in the campaigns in the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam in 1921.
He raided many police stations in and around Chintapalli, Krishna-devi-peta and
Revolution
Raja-vommangi. He was also involved in the murder of many British army officers,
such as Scott Coward and Hites.
To know more about Sitaram Raju, watch Alluri Seetarama Raju a Telegu movie
Movies
directed by V. Ramachandra Rao.
In his honour, two statues of Raju have been erected, one at Seethammadhara
Junction and the other one on the beach road near The Park Hotel in Visakhapatnam.
Legacy
In 1986 a commemorative stamp featuring Raju in the series ‘India’s struggle for
freedom’ was issued by the Indian Postal Department.

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 CURRENT STATUS OF TRIBES


Unfortunately, even after fifty years of independence, tribals have benefited least from the
advent-of freedom. Although independence has brought widespread gains for the vast majority
of the Indian population, Dalits and Adivasis have often been left out and new problems have
arisen for the tribal population. With the tripling of the population since 1947 pressures on land
resources, especially demands on frosted — have played have or on the lives of the tribals. The
basic issues behind the tribal movements in India after independence are and forest alienation
training and job deprivation due to influx of the outsiders, cultural sub-mergence, and
unbalanced development. The movement against mining is popular among the Advisees such as
Bhuiyan, Juang, Munda, Santhal, and Kondh. The chief slogan of the movement against mining
has been “Our lands,’ our minerals and our rights”. The villagers have been harassed by police
and implicated in false cases for organising meetings, public rallies and hunger strikes. A number
of villagers had been sent to jail in false cases.26

26
http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ijmer/pdf/volume5/volume5-issue4(2)-2016.pdf (Last accessed on 18th
March).

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 CONCLUSION
Rama Raju laid down his life heroically and become a martyr. For every bullet when he was shot
at, he praised the land by giving slogans with full throat voice ‘VANDEMATARAM’.

I bow my head on the lotus feet of my holy motherland- “O my motherland you fed me
with your spilling milk from your breast, O motherland I owe to you.”27

He set like an evening setting sun. But he had risen and stayed permanently in the hearts of
millions of Indians.

The methods and measures played the British to suppress the revolt were very heinous,
barbarous and uncivilized atrocities on Manyam people is an added leaf in the history of
lamentable catalogue of human crime, never surpassed even in the dark age. The atrocities
committed by the British are an indelible blot to them that carries to generations who boasts of
democracy and human rights.

We, Indians salute Alluri for his great ‘Heroic deeds’, patriotism, dedication and determination.
“Long live Alluri Sitarama Raju.”

27
file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/HISTORY%20OF%20ALLURI%20SITA%20RAMA%20RAJU.pdf (Last
accessed on 18th March 2018).

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Mc Brewster John, Alluri Sitarama Raju, VDM Publishing, 2010.
 Paani, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Swathi Publications, Vijaywada, 2012.
 J Mangamma, Alluri Sitarama Raju (AP State Archives monograph series), AP Sate
Archives, Visakhapatnam, 2007.
 MV Chalapathi Rao, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Swathi Book House, Vijaywada, 2006.

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