Alluri Sitarama Raju short note

Born 1898 Bhimunipatnam taluk, Visakhapatnam district Died 7 May 1924 (aged 26) Koyyur village, Visakhapatnam District Cause of death Shooting Resting place Krishna Devi Peta village, Visakhapatnam district Known for "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24 Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement. After the passing of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, its restrictions on the free movement of tribal peoples in the forest prevented them from engaging in their traditional Podu agricultural system, which involved shifting cultivation. Raju led the "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24, during which a band of tribal leaders and other sympathisers fought against the British Raj, which had passed the law. He was referred to as "Manyam Veerudu" ("Hero of the Jungles") by the local people. Raju led a protest movement in the border areas of the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam regions of Madras Presidency, in present-day Andhra Pradesh.