FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF TELANGANA

            FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF TELANGANA

CHITYALA AILAMMA

      Chityala Aliamma, or Chakali Aliamma was an Indian  Revoluntary leader during the Telangana Rebellion. She married to Chityala Narasaiah and had four sons and one daughter.

She fought against Zamindar Ramachandara Redddy, known as Visnoor Deshmukh, to cultivate her land became inspiration for many people during the Rebellion against fedual lords of Telangana region.

 

          Chityala Aliamma was an activist and joined the Andhra Mahasabha as well as the communist party. She worked actively against Nizam government and her house was centre for conducting these activites against fedual land lords.

                                CHITYALA ALIAMMA STATUE

                                        Born: 26/09/1895

                                                   krishnapuram ,Rayapaarthi,                                                                   warangal,Telangana 

                                         Died: 10/09/1985(aged 90)

                                                    palakurthi, Warangal, Telangana

KOMARAM BHEEM

         Komaram Bheem was a tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi Dynasty  for the liberation of Hyderabad. He took arms against Nizam Nawab's soldiers, and fought Babi Jhari until his last breath.He openly fought against the ruling Nizam government in a guerrilla campaign.

  Bheem was born into a family of Gond Tribals in the forest of Komaram Bheem district. He was not exposed to outside world and didnot have any formal education.He was barely 15 years his father was killed by forest officials for asserting 'Adivasis' rights.

     He gave the Slogan of " Jal, Jungle, Zameen"(water,forest,land)

it means that the people who live in forests should have rights on all resources of the forest.

           

                      

Born : 22 october 1901, Sankepalli Village, 

             Adilabad district, Telangana

Died: 24 october 1940, jodeghat,

          komaram Bheem district, Telangana

KOTHAPALLI  JAYASHANKAR

      Kothapalli jayashankar garu  popularly known as Professor Jayashankar was an Indian academic and Social activist. He has been fighting for separate state since 1952.He was a leading ideology of Telangana movement.

Born: 6 August 1934, Atmakur, Warangal

Died: 21 june 2011, Hanamakonda, Telangana

      He was the former Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University and an activist in the separate state Telanagana movement. Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University named in honour and memory of Jayashankar, is only the farm university in Telangana which came into being in the event of the Bifurcation from Archaya N.G Ranga Agricultural University.

              He also started in a bus participation in 1952 MULKI AGITATION. Then, in 1962, he was part of acampaign which rocked the region. when he was a student  leader in 1952 at that time he joined in the movement.

KALOJI  NARAYANA  RAO

Kaloji Narayan Rao was popularly known as Kaloji or Kalanna

Kaloji Narayan Rao was popularly known as Kaloji or Kalanna

was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of  Telangana.

       He wrote poetry in Telugu, Urdu, Hindi and Marathi languages. In 1992 , he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kakatiya University.

PUBLISHED WRITINGS

 

Anakathalu(1941)

Kaloji kathalu(1943)

parthiva vijayam(1946)

Naa Godava(1953, 1st edition)

Tudi vijayam Manadi Nijam(1962)

Idi Naa Godava(1995, autobiographical)

     He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1992. The Telangana government honored Kaloji's birthday as Telangana Language Day.

                               Born : 9 september 1914, waranagal,

                                            Telangana

                               Died: 13 November 2002, warangal

KONDA  LAXMAN  BAPUJI

    Konda Laxman Bapuji was an Indian freedom fighter who participated in the Telangana Rebellion and Telangana activist.He fought for the statehood of Telangana all his life.

      Bapuji met Mahatma Gandhi in 1941 and inspired by him, he particiated in the Quit india movement also. He also waged battle against the Nizam and the Razaakars during the Telangana armed struggle in 1947-48.

     He participated in 1952 Non-mulki agitation and then, participated to give impetus to the 1969 Telangana Agitation. He was the member of Telangana Sadhana Samithi.

   In 2014, the horticulture university in Hyderabad was named, Sri konda Laxaman Telangana State Horticulture University, by the Government of Telangana in his honor.

                                

                                Born: 27 september 1915 wankidi, 

                                             Komaram Bheem, Hyderabad

                                 Died: 21 september 2012 

                                            Hyderabad, Telangana