people to inform about or withdraw their support for Rama Raju, through both incentives and reprisals did not succeed. Later raids were carried out on the police stations at Annavaram, Addateegala, Narsipatnam and Rampachodavaram. During these raids, Rama Raju was ably supported by his trusted assistant named Aggi Raju, whose exploits were considered heroic. As the rebellion continued unabated, detachments of the Assam Rifles regiment were eventually brought in to quell it. The fight continued for about two years capturing the attention of common people, as well as powerful officials across the country. To end the rebellion and capture Alluri Sitarama Raju, the then district collectors, Bracken of East Godavari, and R.T. Rutherford of Visakhapatnam, having jurisdiction powers over the areas of rebellion employed all means possible, both fair and foul, from burning villages to destroying crops, killing cattle and violating women, all to no avail. The agency commissioner, J. R. Higgins announced a monetary reward of Rs 10,000 for the head of Rama Raju, and Rs 1,000 each for his lieutenants Ghantam Dora and Mallam Dora. In April 1924, to quell the ‘Manyam’ uprising, the British Government then deputed T. G. Rutherford, who resorted to employing extreme methods of violence and torture on people to know the whereabouts of Raju and his close followers. As Alluri was mostly garnering support from the plains areas, the British cordoned off the hills and limited his influence between the regions of Peddavalasa, Gudem and Darakonda. In spite of this, Alluri tried to court people to his side, particularly the Congressmen from the plains, but was unsuccessful as they were against Alluri on the ground that he was violating the Gandhian principle of Nonviolence. Death and legacy After putting up a massive effort for nearly two years, the British eventually managed to capture Alluri in the forests of Chintapalle, he was then tied to a tree and summarily executed by shooting on 7 May 1924 in the village of Koyyuru. The tomb of Alluri currently lies in the village of Krishnadevipeta, near Visakhapatnam. His lieutenant, Ghantam Dora, was killed on 6 June 1924, and his brother Mallam Dora was caught and imprisoned, who after Indian independence, became an elected member of the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Visakhapatnam constituency. The efforts of Alluri in waging an armed conflict, without any state powers against one of the most powerful empires has been recognised by