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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Chakali Illama
| image = Chakali illama.jpg
| caption = Chakali Illama Statue
| birth_name = Chityala Ailamma
| birth_date = {{circa|1895}}
| birth_place = [[Rayaparthy|Krishnapuram]], [[Warangal district]], [[Hyderabad State]] (present-day [[Telangana]], India)
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|9|10|1895|9|26}}
| death_place = [[Palakurthi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now [[Telangana]]), India
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| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|Chityala Narasimah|1906}}
| children = 5
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'''Chityala Ilamma''' ({{circa|1895}} – 10 September 1985), better known as '''Chakali Ilamma''', was an Indian revolutionary leader during the [[Telangana Rebellion]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101105151649/http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/01/stories/2010110160410300.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Demand for installing Chakali Ilamma's statue]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/chakali-ilamma-biography-telugu/ |title=Chakali Ilamma Biography In Telugu |publisher=TelanganaState}}</ref> Her act of defiance against [[Zamindar]] Ramachandra Reddy, known as Visnoor Deshmukh, to cultivate her land, became an inspiration for many during the rebellion against the feudal lords of the [[Telangana]] region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chakali Ilamma's life to be captured in a 30-minute-long documentary|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2016/aug/08/Chakali-Ilammas-life-to-be-captured-in-a-30-minute-long-documentary-1506823.html|access-date=2020-11-23|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== Early and personal life ==
Chityala Ilamma was born in 1895 as the fourth child of Oruganti Mallamma and Sailu in Krishnapuram of [[Warangal district]], of present-day [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-09-10|title=దొరను ఢీకొన్న ధీర.. ఐలమ్మ|url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/guest-columns/special-article-about-chakali-ilamma-1314025|access-date=2020-11-23|website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|language=te}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She belongs to [[Rajaka]] caste.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Teja|first=Charan|date=10 September 2020|title=Remembering Chakali Ailamma on death anniversary, a key figure in Telangana history|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/remembering-chakali-ailamma-death-anniversary-key-figure-telangana-history-132773|access-date=23 November 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chakali Ilamma statue in Hyderabad soon, says K Chandrasekhar Rao|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/chakali-ilamma-statue-in-hyderabad-soon-says-k-chandrasekhar-rao/articleshow/65372488.cms}}</ref>

Ilamma was married to Chityala Narasimah at the age of 11.<ref name=":2" /> The couple had four sons and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chakali Ilamma History in English|url=https://www.telanganastateofficial.com/chakali-ilamma-history-english-pdf/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311223548/http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/chakali-ilamma-history-english-pdf/|archive-date=11 March 2016|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
Ilamma took the red flag against the anarchy of Deshmukh and Razakar in Visnur between 1940 and 1944.<ref name=":0" />

She joined the [[Andhra Mahasabha]] as well as the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/12/28/remembering-chakali-ilamma/|title=Chakali Ilamma - A Revolutionary Bahujan Woman | #IndianWomenInHistory|date=27 December 2017}}</ref> She worked actively against the [[Nizam]] government and her house was the center for activities conducted against the feudal land lords who collaborated with the Nizam.

==Death==

Ilamma died on 10 September 1985 at [[Palakurthi]] due to illness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sumitra|date=2020-09-10|title=Chakali Ailamma : ప్రజా పోరాటాలకు స్ఫూర్తి చాకలి ఐలమ్మ : మంత్రి ఎర్రబెల్లి|url=https://www.hmtvlive.com/telangana/minister-errabelli-dayakar-rao-paid-tributes-to-chakali-ailamma-52780|access-date=2020-11-23|website=[[HMTV]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=10 September 2014|title=వీర తెలంగాణ వీరనారి|url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/telugunews/abnarchievestorys-16144|access-date=2020-11-23|website=[[Andhra Jyothi]]}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Participants in the Telangana Rebellion]]
[[Category:Telangana Rebellion]]
[[Category:People from Nalgonda]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:1890s births]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Telangana]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Female politicians of the Communist Party of India]]

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