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{{Short description|Indian independence activist}}
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| name = Baru Alivelamma
| image = Baru-alivelamma.jpg
| alt = A golden bust of an Indian woman sits atop a concrete pedestal with a large black plaque outside in a park.
| caption = Bust of Baru Alivelamma in [[Rajahmundry]]
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| birth_date = September 1895
| birth_place = [[Kakinada]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1973|11|13|1895|09}}
| death_place = [[Rajahmundry]], Andhra Pradesh, India
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| monuments = Rajahmundry Freedom Fighters Park
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'''Baru Alivelamma''' (1895–1973) was a prominent [[Resistance movement|freedom fighter]] in [[India]] during the [[Indian independence movement]].

== Biography ==
Baru Alivelamma was born in September 1895 in [[Kakinada|Kakinada, India]], to father Patri Krishna Rao and mother Sri Patri Venkubayamma.<ref name=":1" />

Alivelamma married fellow [[Resistance movement|freedom fighter]] Baru Raja Rao, who served as secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] for nearly two decades from 1917 to 1935.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Baru Alivelamma |url=https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?20175 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=en-UK}}</ref> They had two sons and three daughters, many of whom also became heavily involved in Indian independence.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Janaki |first=Dr. Komanduri |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.204762 |title=Role Of Women In Freedom Struggle In Andhra Pradesh |publisher=Neelkamal Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=1999 |edition=1st |location=Hyderabad, India |pages=82 |language=en-UK}}</ref> Their daughter Sesha and son Venkata Govinda Rao were particularly involved.<ref name=":0" /> Vekata Govinda Rao Baru, as he was popularly known, joined the youth wing of the fight for freedom when he was only 9, and was subsequently disbarred from his high school several years later for his involvement in [[Student activism|student movements]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Baru Venkata Govinda Rao |url=https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?16355 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=en-UK}}</ref>

Baru Alivelamma died on 13 November 1973, in [[Rajahmundry|Rajahmundry, Andra Pradesh]].<ref name=":1" />

== Political views ==
Baru Alivelamma, inspired by her husband's involvement in the movement, officially joined the fight for [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] in the 1920s. For several years following her husband's work in congress, the pair lived together in the presence of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at his [[ashram]] in [[Sevagram]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1930, alongside activist [[Kamala Nehru]], Alivelamma led a mass [[boycott]] of foreign clothes and liquor in Allahabad, present-day [[Prayagraj]]. She was punished harshly for her involvement and spent the next several years in numerous jails, including [[Yerawada Central Jail|Yerrawada Central Jail]] and [[Sabarmati Central Jail]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=P. Rajeswar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTrs9MF9374C&dq=baru+alivelamma&pg=PA165 |title=The Great Indian Patriots |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1991 |isbn=978-81-7099-280-6 |edition=2nd. rev. |volume=1 |location=Mohan Garden, New Delhi |pages=165–166 |language=en-UK}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
A statue of Baru Alivelamma stands in Rajahmundry Freedom Fighters Park amongst a collection of monuments honoring twelve of the women who fought for [[swaraj]], or Indian self governance. The statues were unveiled on 3 February 2002, as part of a birthday celebration honoring [[Durgabai Deshmukh]], following a community survey to select the honorees. The twelve women who were selected had all been imprisoned during the fight for freedom, as Durgabai herself had been repeatedly [[Prison|incarcerated]]. In addition to Baru Alivelamma and Durgabai Deshmukh, Freedom Fighters Park honors women like [[Duvvuri Subbamma]], Gujju Nagaratnamma, Palakodeti Syamalamba, and Tallapragada Vishwa Sundaramma. In a nearby section of the park, statues honor [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu|Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu]], [[Garimella Satyanarayana]], [[Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham|Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham]] and [[N. Subba Rao Pantulu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subrahmanyam |first=Deekshitula |date=2023-04-03 |title=Rajamahendravaram: A tribute to unsung heroines of freedom fighters |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/rajamahendravaram-a-tribute-to-unsung-heroines-of-freedom-fighters-790987 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=The Hans Indida |language=en-UK}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*[[Indian independence movement]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Kakinada]]
[[Category:Women from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:Rajahmundry]]

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