Alluri Sitarama Raju.

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• Recently a movie “RRR” was released with lead charater of Alluri Sitarama Raju .
• Alluri Sitarama Raju, also known as Manyam Veerudu (Hero of the Jungles), was an Indian Revolutionary who fought for Indian Independence.
• He was born in Pandrangi Village in Bheemunipatnam, near the Coastal city of Visakhapatnam and led the Rampa Rebellion (1922-24) in Godavari Agency of Madras Presidency, British India.
• It was based on guerilla warfare and he mobilised tribals and forest dwellers against the British due to their oppressive Madras Forest Act, 1882.