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{{Short description|Indian politician (1931–2022)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mallu Swarajyam
| image = Replace this image male.svg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1931}}
| birth_place = [[Karvirala Kothagudem]], [[The deccan]]
| residence = [[Nalgonda]], [[Telangana]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|19|1931|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| office = Member of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = Thungathurthy
| term_start = 1978
| term_end = 1985
| predecessor = Gurganti Venkat Narasaiah
| successor = [[Ramreddy Damodar Reddy]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = [[Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy]]
| children = 3
| website =
| footnotes =
| year =
}}

'''Mallu Swarajyam''' (1931 – 19 March 2022) was an Indian politician Women from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and Freedom fighter. She was member of an armed ''dalam'' which took part in the [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana struggle]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The 'bullet lady' of Telangana |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/the-bullet-lady-of-telangana/articleshow/71168695.cms |access-date=2022-03-19 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Her autobiography ''naa maate tupaakee tootaa'' (My word is a bullet) was published by Hyderabad Book Trust in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vimala |first=Katyayini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJcZEAAAQBAJ&q=naa+maate+tupaki+toota |title=Na maate tupaki toota |date=2019-05-01 |publisher=Hyderabad Book Trust |language=te}}</ref>

==Early life==
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Swarajyam was born in [[Karvirala Kothagudem]] into a feudal family in 1931 to Bheemireddy Ramireddy and Chokkamma.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
Nalgonda district was a part of the [[Hyderabad State]] under Nizam. The name Swarajyam is in deference to the wishes of several of her relatives who participated in the [[satyagraha]] in response to a call given by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] as part of the struggle to attain [[swaraj]] (self-rule, or independence) from the British.<ref name=":1">[https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30196081.ece/amp/ The Pioneers: Mallu Swarajyam] Frontline</ref>

At the age of 10, she started rallying people against Nizam's [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakars]]. Her public career began at the age of 11 when, in response to the Andhra Mahasabha's call to stop bonded labour, she violated family tradition and offered rice to bonded labourers from many castes and communities.<ref name=":1" /> Mallu Swarajyam became the commander of a ''dalam'' fighting against [[Zamindars]] and carried a prize of [[ruble|Rs]].10,000 for her head during that time.<ref name=":0" />

The [[Communist Party of India]] was fighting with arms under the banner of [[Andhra Mahasabha]] against the cruel rule of the Nizam and bonded labour in the state.

Her husband, [[Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy]], and her brother, [[Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy]], who died in 2008 (both members of the communist movement in the State), had a profound influence on her life. The [[Communist Party of India]] expanded the scope of the armed struggle from being a means to free bonded labour to one that would take land from the Zamindars and distribute it among the poor.

She later actively participated in the welfare of the local peasants and was also a major leader in the Communist party of India. She was elected from [[Thungathurthi (Assembly constituency)|Thungathurthi Assembly constituency]] in 1978 and 1983 as a member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Fiery freedom fighter Mallu Swarajyam dead |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/mar/20/fiery-freedom-fighter-mallu-swarajyam-dead-2432065.html |access-date=2022-03-20 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Swarajyam had two sons, Mallu Goutham Reddy and Mallu Nagarjun Reddy. She also had a daughter, Karuna, who ran in the 2009 Elections for Nalgonda in [[Chiranjeevi]]'s [[Praja Rajyam Party]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shanker |first=Deekonda Ravi |date=2022-03-20 |title=Mallu Swarajyam: Legend of Telangana Armed Struggle |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/mallu-swarajyam-legend-of-telangana-armed-struggle-734149 |access-date=2022-03-20 |work=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref> Her daughter-in-law, Mallu Laxmi followed her footsteps and she is [[AIDWA]] state secretary and working committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], also ran in 2019 elections from Nalgonda in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Swarajyam died from multiple organ failure in Hyderabad on 19 March 2022 at the age of 91.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2022-03-19 |title=Firebrand Communist leader Mallu Swarajyam no more |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/firebrand-communist-leader-mallu-swarajyam-no-more/article65241392.ece |access-date=2022-03-19 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>Her body is donated to Government Medical College, Nalgonda for medical research.

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[[Category:Telangana Rebellion]]
[[Category:People from Suryapet]]
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[[Category:Women in Telangana politics]]
[[Category:Participants in the Telangana Rebellion]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Women Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Telangana]]
[[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]]

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