AUuri Sitarama Raju’s rebellion (1922-1924) took place in

Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Rampa Rebellion, also known as the Manyam Rebellion, between 1922 and 1924 [1]. This tribal uprising took place in the Gudem-Rampa Tract of the Eastern Ghats, specifically within the Godavari Agency of the Madras Presidency (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) [2]. The rebellion was primarily a response to the Madras Forest Act of 1882, which restricted the traditional 'podu' (shifting) cultivation and stripped tribal communities of their ancestral rights to forest resources. Raju organized the tribal people, including the Koyas, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the British, famously raiding police stations in areas like Chintapalle and Rampachodavaram to secure weapons [1]. The struggle ended in May 1924 when Raju was captured and executed by the British forces [1].

Sources

1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 6: People’s Resistance Against British Before 1857 > Important Tribal Movements of Mainland > p. 160
2. [2] India and the Contemporary World - I. History-Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Forest Society and Colonialism > 3 Rebellion in the Forest > p. 90