[[File:Mailara Mahadevappa 2018 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Mailara Mahadevappa on a 2018 stamp of India]
Mailara Mahadevappa (8 June 1911 – 1 April 1943), also known as Mahadeva, from Motebennur of Karnataka state, India, was an Indian revolutionary, known for resisting British rule.
Martandapp alias Martand and Basamma are his parents.
At the age of 18, he accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on the Dandi March, as the only representative from karnataka
In 2018, he was depicted on a stamp issued by Indian Post, and a Memorial Trust is named i="Vaddiraju2013">Sisyphean Efforts? State Policy and Child Labour in Karnataka{{#if:Vaddiraju|, Vaddiraju}. Cambridge Scholars Publishing(2013). ISBN 978-1-4438-4974-6</ref>[1][2][3] Mailara Mahadevappa participated in noncooperation movement call given by Mahatma Gandhi and he was killed by British police on 1.4.1943, along with his followers Tirakappa Madivalar and Veerayya Hiremath while breaking open the treasury where British officers had kept Land Revenue in Hosaritti Village Veerabhadra Swamy Temple by collecting forcefully from farmers.Mahadev Mailar use to collect back Land Revenue and redistribute it to the concerned farmers
References
- ↑ Basavaraj, S. The Legend of Mahadevappa, Karnataka's own Bhagat Singh. News Karnataka, 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Freedom fighter's tales of valour, Hugar, Gangadhar. The New Indian Express(15 August 2016). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ↑ India Post Issued Stamp and Sheetlet on Freedom Fighter Mahadevappa Mailara. PhilaMirror(4 September 2018). Retrieved 9 February 2020.
External links
- Mailara mahadeva Trailer (2017)