Statue of Seetharama Raju unveiled

[Hindustani78]

Updated: July 5, 2015 06:04 IST
Statue of Seetharama Raju unveiled - The Hindu

Cine director K. Viswanath, MLA Sk. Mustafa, Collector Kantilal Dande and former MLC K.S Lakshmana Rao at the statue of Seetharama Raju at Naaz Centre in Guntur on Saturday.-Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

A seven-foot Bronze statue of freedom fighter Alluri Seetharama Raju was unveiled at Naaz Centre here by veteran cine director K. Viswanath on his 118th birth anniversary.

The statue has been erected by a committee consisting of former MLC K.S. Lakshmana Rao, industrialist P. Ramachandra Raju and others.

Lauding the efforts of the committee in installing the statue, Mr. Viswanath said that the statue was a telling symbol of sacrifices made by Seetharama Raju. He said that statues of freedom fighters should be erected at prominent places in the town.

District Collector Kantilal Dande said that Seetharama Raju took on the mighty British without using weapons.

Guntur East MLA Sk. Mustafa, Chamber of Commerce president Atukuri Anjaneyulu and District Tribal Welfare Officer Vijay Kumar, Tehsildar Sivanarayana Murthy were present.

Later, addressing a meeting organised by the District Tribal Welfare Department, Mr. Dande said that the heroic struggle waged by Seetharama Raju was an inspiration to the present generation.

Later, he gave away gifts to meritorious students who had passed out from tribal hostels.

 

[Bossman]

who the [HASHTAG]#uck[/HASHTAG] is he and why the [HASHTAG]#ell[/HASHTAG] you want to post this on Pakistani forum.

 

[Hindustani78]

who the [HASHTAG]#uck[/HASHTAG] is he and why the [HASHTAG]#ell[/HASHTAG] you want to post this on Pakistani forum.

He was a great freedom fighter who led "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24.

 

[Bossman]

He was a great freedom fighter who led "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24.

Nobody knows about the Rampa Rebellion and or cares about it in Pakistan. Maybe its a South Indian thing.

 

[K M Cariappa]

Nobody knows about the Rampa Rebellion and or cares about it in Pakistan. Maybe its a South Indian thing.

Seems apt coming from a person whose name suggests narcissistic tendency.
FYI: Dissemination of information is one of the contours which forums deal with.

 

[Hindustani78]

Nobody knows about the Rampa Rebellion and or cares about it in Pakistan. Maybe its a South Indian thing.

The Rampa Rebellion(1922-23) under Alluri Sita Rama Raju of Andra pradesh was fought by the tribal as a protest to the oppressive Madras Forest Act of 1882. The Act placed restrictions on the free movement of tribal in the forest areas and prevented them from engaging in their traditional lifestyle of Podu (shifting) cultivation, and use of the forest for firewood and toddy Period from 1917-1923 ,there was lot of unrest in the tribal areas spreading from east Godavari to Vizianagaram.

One of Andras early revolutionaries, Alluri Sita Rama Raju (1897-1923) was able to successfully mobilize the local tribal for an armed rebellion against the British. He made them give up alcohol and gave them military training first with bows and arrows and later with weapons . Inspired by the revolutionaries of Bengal, Raju decided to raided police stations in and around Chintapalli, Krishna-devi-peta and Raja-vommangi, in search of ammunition's . The repressive measures and the unjust policies of the British, coupled with the misdeeds of British contractors who exploited and oppressed the workers of the hill tribes of the Visakhapatnam and East Godavari district, provoked him.He carried out a
campaign in the region which brought him into conflict with the police .

This eventually culminated in the Rampa Rebellion. Despite having fewer manpower and weapons, Alluri and his men exacted tremendous damage on British interest, as they were much more familiar with the hilly terrain and adept in guerrilla tactics.The Malabar special Force was brought in to crush the rebellion . A reward of Rs. 10,000 was declared on Alluri .Like all revolutionaries he was gunned down on May 7 ,1924 at the age of 28.