■ Alluri Sitharama Raju and Komaram Bheem
□ About Alluri Sitharama Raju:
◇ Raju channelled the discontent of the hill people in Ganjam, Visakhapatnam, and Godavari into an effective guerrilla resistance against the British.
◇ Colonial rule threatened the tribals’ traditional podu (shifting) cultivation, as the government sought to secure forest lands.
◇ The Forest Act of 1882 banned the collection of minor forest produce such as roots and leaves, and tribal people were forced into labour by the colonial government.
◇ Strong anti-government sentiment, exploded into armed resistance in August 1922.
◇ The Rampa or Manyam Rebellion continued in the form of a guerrilla war until May 1924, when Raju, the charismatic ‘Manyam Veerudu’ or Hero of Jungle, was finally captured and executed.
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