'Alluri Sitaram Raju' - A Warrior's Story

By a Staff Reporter: Thousands of Indians played a role in the freedom struggle. Most of whom we don't remember. We have forgotten many people. One such forgotten warrior is Alluri Sitaram Raju. Most people across India may not know his name now. But once he stood with his back straight against the British. He was a folk hero of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Alluri Sitaram Raju is little known outside Telugu-speaking regions. He organized the guerrilla war against the British from 1922 to 1924. He mobilized the tribals in the Rampa region north of the Godavari. The British were quick to overpower him. But this warrior died cause of Thomas George Rutherford. Alluri Sitaram Raju was assassinated on 7 May 1924.