Incidentally, the 1917 Act of colonial times is the mother of later day legislations of 1957, and the well-known Act 1 of 1971. The three constables present were tied to the pillars of the station verandah and each of them guarded by four fituridars. Soon Raju’s plan of action took shape with vigour and quickness : on 22/8/1922 Raju’s Army raided Chintapalli Police Station, on 23rd Krishna devi peta Police Station, and on 24th Raja vommangi and captured a good number of guns, bayonets and cartridges and swords. He remained unmarried, led a simple, spartan and pious life, saint-like, but dedicated himself to the anti-colonial, and pro-adivasi struggles he led. He was referred to as "Manyam Veerudu" (transl. SS Batliwala( prominent Congress Socialist) had to face prosecution on a charge of sedition for eulogizing the services of Raju during the regime of the first congress ministry in 1938. The civil disobedience movement was withdrawn, and Gandhi condemned the Chouri Choura violence. Several sources report it as 4 July 1897, but others claim he was born in 1898, same date. Several sources report it as 4 July 1897,[3][5][7][page needed] but others claim he was born in 1898[2] and, more specifically, his date of birth as 4 July 1898. The most recent was a well-written fictionalized biography (2017) by noted mediaperson and History scholar Dr. Goparaju Narayana Rao, who travelled extensively in  all areas Alluri had worked. He was assisted ably by Aggi Raju who became his lieutenant.

", "Apparently Raju settled there and soon acquired a reputation as s sanyasi,astrologer and megician. The changes meant that they faced starvation and their main means of avoiding it was the demeaning, arduous, foreign and exploitative coolie system use by the government and its contractors for such things as road construction. ", "Raju was next heard of at Peddavalsa in Gudem Taluk; there he was met by two leading men of Gudem- Gam Mallu Dora and Gam Gantam Dora, who complained to him of oppression by their taluk officer, Bastion , of the general discontent at his methods and at the forest reservation policy and told him they would join if he started a rebellion instead of going to Nepal.". Titled Aaku pachcha Suryodayam (A Green Dawn), it has authentic material that was unknown earlier about Alluri. He tried to understand politics of freedom struggle and had a few friends in freedom movement. His attitude towards Congress and Gandhi,mentioned above, could be seen clearly in that. [12] The changes meant that they faced starvation and their main means of avoiding it was the demeaning, arduous, foreign and exploitative coolie system use by the government and its contractors for such things as road construction. An official report suggests that he was born in  Visakhapatnam District, in the village of Pandrangi, his maternal grand mother’s place, which lies in the Bheemunipatnam legislative assembly constituency.

SIGN UP FOR COUNTERCURRENTS DAILY NEWS LETTER, Share:WhatsAppFacebookTwitterTelegramRedditEmail This article is based on the 25th Chandrashekar Memorial Lecture delivered on 20 September 2020. Raju was trapped by the British in the forests of Chintapalle. The article quotes some leaders’ remarks about Alluri: Gandhiji said, “ though I do not approve of his armed rebellion, I pay my homage to his bravery and sacrifice. His father died when he was in school and he grew up in the care of his uncle 'Rama Krishnam Raju', a tehsildar in Narsapur in the West Godavari district. He studied at 'Taylor High School' in Narsapur then moved to Tuni along with his mother, brother and sister. From that day onwards there was a regular warfare between Raju and the Britishers. On 9 October 2017, at the request of members of parliament, This page was last edited on 17 September 2020, at 14:22. Alluri sitarama raju is a freedom frighter of Andhra pradesh.

Why is the paper so silent? On  the 28th August they were at Gudem and Devarapalli and marched to Gangaraju Madugula in the ghats sub division. With his followers, he stole guns and ammunition and killed several British police officers, including two near Dammanapalli.

The above quotes are more an acknowledgement of his popularity than a reflection of their sincere views about Alluri. This mood was reflected in Alluri, and in his interview.
The last picture of Raju, apparently a photo by the armed police, of the dead body soon after killing him.

In fact, when local Congress leaders gave telegrams about danger to his life, they were chided by Congress leaders – some of them called him a dacoit – and warned to keep away. [4] Further raids were later made on police stations at Rampachodavaram, Addateegala, Narsipatnam and Annavaram.

[3][4][5] More recent news stories name the village of Pandrangi, which lies in the Bheemunipatnam legislative assembly constituency, as his precise place of birth. He refused and stood by the people. They had made a similar mistake in regard to the moplah rebellion. Can the Social Sciences choose to be Reflexive in times of Crisis? Local police and Malabar special police failed to control the situation. The village munsif  Kankipati  Balayya Padalu sent some vessels and rice through Kannadu, the vetti to Raju who was going to Madugula on his mission to loot Chintapalli, 30 men met Raju at Pentrapadu and Kannadu describes the events as he was one in the group : On the first day,about 2 p.m, the fituridars under Raju went to Chintapalli and asked the constables to hand over arms and ammunition.
Great Indian Patriots, volume 2, written by P.Rajeshwar Rao(1991) has an article on Alluri which gives his background and evolution: Raju was schooled at Kakinada, where he became friendly with Madduri Annapurnayya, who later became prominent fighter in the freedom struggle. Gamu Gantam dora, a co-fighter with Alluri, was killed on June 6, 1924 in a desperate fight. It was concluded that there was no evidence of a plot to raise a rebellion but that Raju was better kept under police surveillance.