Adibhatla Kailasam

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Adibhatla Kailasam was an Indian communist leader. Kailasam was one of the original leaders of the Srikakulam peasant uprising.[1] Kailasam came from a landlord family of Kaarivalasa village in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and he was elected to its central committee at the party congress in 1970.

Kailasam was a school teacher by profession. In the early 1960s, Kailasam and his colleague Satyanaraya, began to organise tribal peasants in the Srikakulam area. State authorities began to register criminal cases against the two, and they decided to go into hiding. On 7 July 1970, Kailasam and Satyanarayan were captured by police. They were later shot dead around 10–11 July.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "In Srikakulam, A Mother Relives Choices She Made 50 Years Ago – To Pick up a Gun, To Give up a Baby". The Wire. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ Desai, Akshayakumar Ramanlal, ed. (1986). Violation of Democratic Rights in India. Bombay, India: Popular Prakashan. p. 458. ISBN 9780861321308.
  3. ^ Mehta, Prakash Chandra; Mehta, Sonu (2007). Cultural Heritage of Indian Tribes. Discovery Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8356-327-7.