Born in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, Kishenji oversaw the People's war group's merger with the Maoist Communist Centre of India to form the CPI (Maoist).
Born in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, was among the founders of the People's War Group there in 1980. He oversaw the People's war group's merger with the Maoist Communist Centre of India to form the CPI (Maoist).