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Telangana, a region in India, has a rich history of
struggle and rebellion against oppression. The fight for
Telangana’s independence was spearheaded by many
brave freedom fighters who have left behind an
enduring legacy.
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Komaram Bheem was born in Sankepalli, near Asifabad in Hyderabad State, to a
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family in the Gondi tribal community, on 22 October 1901.  Bheem grew up in
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the tribal populated forests within the traditional kingdoms of Chanda and 

Ballalpur, isolated from the rest of the world and received no formal education.
The Gondi people were becoming increasingly victimised by exploitation from 
zamindars  and businessmen, and through extortion by the jangaalat police
During the 1900s, there was expansion of mining activities and Zamindars were
granted lands in their regions and they imposed taxes on Gondi podu farming
 activities, non-compliance often resulting in severe arbitration including forced
amputations. Gondis began migrating out of their traditional villages, the
situation led to occasional retaliations and protestations
Bheem and his family moved out to Sankepalli to Sardapur near Karimnagar.
they began subsistence farming on the land and subsequently became a target
for tax extraction. In a confrontation in October 1920, Bheem killed a senior
official of the Nizamate, Siddiquesaab who was sent by Rao to enforce the
confiscation of crops during the time of harvest. To escape capture, he ran away
on foot to the city of Chanda and fuge by a local publisher Vitoba who operated
a printing press and distribution network across the regional railways for an
anti–British anti–Nizamate magazine. Bheem learned to speak and read
English, Hindi and Urdu during time working with Vitoba. [5][4]
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Bheem settled down at Gond lands to cultivate a piece
of land. he was again approached by forest officials
who tried to force him to leave arguing that the land
belonged to the state. Bheem then decided to engage
in armed revolution.He formed clandestine
associations with the banned Communist Party of
India,and started mobilising the Adivasi population at
Jodeghat, eventually calling a council of tribal leaders
from the twelve traditional districts
 The council decided to form a guerilla army to protect their lands. Bheem
also proposed they declare themselves an independent Gond kingdom.
The council was followed by an uprising in the Gondi region which began in
1928. The forces mobilised to attack the zamindars in Babejhari and 
Jodeghat. the conflict continued as a low intensity guerilla campaign over
the following decade. Bheem directly commanded 300 men under him and
operated out of Jodeghat. He is said to have coined the slogan Jal, Jangal,
Zameen (transl. Water, Forest, Land) during this period.[5][4][7]
Bheem's whereabouts were eventually discovered and he was killed in an
encounter with armed policemen led by the talukdar of Asifabad, Abdul
Sattar. The date of his death is disputed, it's officially recognised to have
occurred in October 1940 but Gondi people commemorate it on 8 April
1940.[8]