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india_today_insight.jpg?IzvocAu7gyMv.UA3Alluri Sitarama Raju was a legendary freedom fighter who rallied the tribes of the Eastern Ghats to rise in revolt against British rule. The Rampa rebellion, which he led with unparalleled courage and bravery, raged from August 1922 to May 1924 and is known as one of the most intense uprisings to have challenged the writ of colonial power in the subcontinent. He is remembered for mounting daring raids to seize arms and ammunition from police stations in the Rampachodavaram, Addateegala, Devipatnam and Rajavommangi areas of the tribal backwoods in what is now the northern part of Andhra Pradesh. The raids were carried out in broad daylight after serving advance notice. Before leaving, he would leave a note detailing what was being taken away. There are records at several police stations that are evidence of his relentless campaign.

Such is the adulation for the iconic Alluri Sitarama Raju, remembered endearingly as Alluri, that the tribals of the region celebrate his birth anniversary unfailingly year after year. Alluri is revered not just in Andhra Pradesh but also in Telangana,Ā 

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Raju was a charismatic sanyasin, believed by many tribal people to possess magical abilities and to have an almost messianic status. He saw the overthrow of colonial rule in terms similar to aĀ millenarian eventĀ and he harnessed the discontent of the tribal people to support his anti-colonial zeal, whilst also accommodating the grievances of those muttadars who were sympathetic to his aim rather than merely narrow-minded in their pursuit of a revived status for themselves. This meant that his followers were mostly from the tribal communities but did include some significant people from the muttadar class that at one time had exploited them, although many muttadars were ambivalent about fighting for what Raju perceived to be the greater good.[3]

It was the prevalent diseases, to which the tribal people had acquired a tolerance, that hindered the Raj suppression of the rebellion. It broke out in August 1922 and took the form ofĀ guerilla warfare, ending in May 1924 with the capture and shooting of Raju.[2]

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