Archive · 11 Sep 2026
BC Samaj Pays Tribute to Telangana Fighter Chakali Ilamma
Chakali Ilamma was remembered as a brave woman from the Telangana Armed Struggle.
Leaders said she fought for land, work and fair treatment.
They said she opposed the vetti system, in which people were forced to work without proper payment.
Ilamma also stood against Razakars and powerful landlords.
When a landlord tried to take the land she leased, she defended it.
Communist fighters and Andhra Mahasabha activists supported her.
After her struggle succeeded, grain and about 90 acres of land were distributed among local people.
BC Samaj leaders honored her by garlanding her statue in Mahabubnagar.
BC Samaj leaders paid tribute to Chakali Ilamma on her death anniversary in Mahabubnagar.
Modal Srinivas Sagar described Ilamma as a brave participant in the Telangana Armed Struggle.
Speakers said she fought for land and livelihood and opposed the exploitative vetti system.
Ilamma resisted an attempt by Vishnoor Deshmukh Ramachandra Reddy to occupy her leased land in Palakurthi.
Leaders recalled that activists later distributed grain and about 90 acres of the landlord’s land among people.
- Who
- BC Samaj leaders, caste-association representatives and other local leaders honored Chakali Ilamma.
- What
- They garlanded her statue and paid floral tributes on her death anniversary.
- When
- Thursday, on Chakali Ilamma’s death anniversary.
- Where
- At Green Belt Colony in Padmavathi Colony, Mahabubnagar.
- Why
- They commemorated Ilamma’s role in fighting for land and livelihood and opposing the vetti system, landlords and Razakars.
- Honored figure
- Chakali Ilamma
- Program location
- Green Belt Colony, Padmavathi Colony, Mahabubnagar
- Event
- Death-anniversary tribute ceremony
- Historical struggle
- Telangana Armed Struggle
- Land linked to the struggle
- About 90 acres were reportedly distributed among people after the landlord’s land struggle was successful
- Other participants
- BC JAC leaders, caste-association representatives and local BC Samaj leaders