Adibathla Kailasam
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Adibhatla Kailasam was an India
n communist leader. Kailasam was one of the original leaders of the Srikakulam
armed struggle. Kailasam came from a landlord family 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 Satyanarayan
, 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 July 7, 1970, Kailasam and Satyanarayan were captured by police. They were later shot dead.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n communist leader. Kailasam was one of the original leaders of the Srikakulam
Srikakulam
Srikakulam is a town, municipality and headquarters of Srikakulam district in the north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, India. It is part of Srikakulam Assembly constituency and Srikakulam Parliament Constituency. Srikakulam was formerly called as Gulshanabad during Muslim rule and was headquarter of...
armed struggle. Kailasam came from a landlord family in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of India was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass-meeting in Calcutta on the 22nd of April .-History:CPI advocated armed revolution and...
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 Satyanarayan
Vempatapu Satyanarayana
Vempatapu Satyanarayana was a schoolteacher, member of several Indian Communist organizations, and a leader of the Srikakulam Peasant Uprising of 1967, along with Adibhatla Kailasam...
, began to organise tribal
Adivasi
Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India...
peasants in the Srikakulam area. State authorities began to register criminal cases against the two, and they decided to go into hiding. On July 7, 1970, Kailasam and Satyanarayan were captured by police. They were later shot dead.