Alluri Sitarama Raju, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alluri Sitarama Raju

great leader of the tribes

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1897

Place of Birth: Mogallu, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 07-May-1924

Profession: revolutionary

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alluri Sitarama Raju (born circa 1897-98 - 7 May 1924) 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 people 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 people and other sympathisers fought in the border areas of the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam regions of Madras Presidency, in present-day Andhra Pradesh, against the British Raj, which had passed the law.
He was referred to as "Manyam Veerudu" ("Hero of the Jungle") by the local people. Harnessing some aspects of the earlier non-cooperation movement and taking advantage of his own reputation among the tribal people, Raju led raids on police stations in and around Chintapalle, Rampachodavaram, Dammanapalli, Krishna Devi Peta, Rajavommangi, Addateegala, Narsipatnam and Annavaram.
With his followers, he stole guns and ammunition and killed several British police officers, including two near Dammanapalli.
Raju was eventually trapped by the British in the forests of Chintapalle, then tied to a tree and was executed by gunfire in Koyyuru village.
His tomb is in Krishna Devi Peta village.