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PM Narendra Modi launches year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju in Bhimavaram, AP

July 4, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

PM launches year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh

PM unveils 30-feet tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju

“Freedom struggle is not just a history of a few years, few areas, or of a few people”

“Alluri Sitarama Raju is a symbol of India’s culture, tribal identity, valour, ideals”

Our New India should be the India of dreams of our freedom fighters. An India – in which the poor, farmers, labourers, backward, tribals have equal opportunities for all

“Today, there are new opportunities, avenues, thought processes and possibilities in New India today and our youth is taking up the responsibility of realising these possibilities”

“Andhra Pradesh is the land of heroes and patriots”

“130 crore Indians are telling every challenge – ‘Dum hai to hamain rok lo’- Stop us if you can”


Click below for more:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1839058

Pic Credit: BJP

Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, in which a group of tribals and other sympathisers fought against the British Raj

August 8, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

N Sitharaman Office:

In the run-up to the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav— 75 years of Indian Independence — Smt N Sitharaman, during her tour of Andhra Pradesh today, visited the historic Krishnadevipeta village & paid respects to freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju at the place he was cremated.

Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Indian Independence movement.

He led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, in which a group of tribals and other sympathisers fought against the British Raj, which had passed the draconian 1882 Madras Forest Act.

Born on July 04, 1897, in Visakhapatnam to Alluri Venkat Rama Raju & Suryanarayanamma, Alluri Sitarama Raju was a student of Sanskrit, Vedas, and Jyotish Shastra.

He went on a pilgrimage across North India in 1915 & was deeply moved by the social-economic plight of the citizens.

On his return, Raju decided to work for the tribals of the Eastern Ghats & started to organise them to rebel against the oppressive British raj.

Living as a hermit, he, along with his followers, launched a fierce attack on the British, using Guerrilla warfare tactics.

He & his followers attacked three different police stations, killing two British policemen and injuring several others.

Raju laid his life fighting for the rights of the tribals and freedom of his motherland on May 07, 1924, at just the age of 26.