Komaram Bheem

Komuram Bheem (22 October 1901 – 27 October 1940) was an Indian tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad.[1] Komuram Bheem fought against the feudal landlords during the Nizam's rule in a guerrilla campaign. He defied courts, laws, and any other form of Nizam authority, living off the sustenance of the forest. He took up arms against Nizam's soldiers, who he fought until his last breath.[2][3][4]

Komuram Bheem
Komuram Bheem
Born(1901-10-22)22 October 1901
Sankepalli, Hyderabad State, British India (present-day Telangana, India)
Died27 October 1940(1940-10-27) (aged 39)
Jodeghat, Hyderabad State, British India (present-day Telangana, India)

Life

Bheem was born into a family of Gond Tribals (Koitur) in the forests of Komaram Bheem district in the state of Telangana, then under rule of Nizam. He was not exposed to the outside world and did not have any formal education.[5] Komaram Bheem was barely 15 years when his father was killed by forest officials for asserting Adivasis’ rights. After the death of his father, Bheem's family migrated to Surdhapur village.[6]

He gave the slogan of "Jal, Jangal, Zameen" (Water, Forest, Land). By definition, it means that the people who live in forests should have rights on all the resources of the forest.

Legacy

Komaram Bheem is regarded as a deity (or pen in Gondi) among Gond Adivasi community and Gonds observe Bheem’s death anniversary every year on Aswayuja Powrnami, where an event is organized at Jodeghat to commemorate his life and struggle. In 2011 it was announced that a statue of Bheem would be installed in Tank Bund, which was later unveiled on February 2, 2012.[7][8]

  • RRR is an upcoming film directed by S.S. Rajamouli which is a story based on the lives of Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sita Ramaraju. The film deals with a figment of imagination added to construct the undocumented period in their lives, when both the rebels choose to go into oblivion and give a comeback together to fight again British in India in their own areas and in their own disparate ways, set in 1920.
  • A film based on the tribal leader, titled Komaram Bheem (1990), received several awards such as A.P. State Nandi Awards (1990): Best Feature Film on National Integration and Best Director of a Debut film.
  • A TV Series was made on Komaram Bheem titled "Veerabheem" which successfully ran for 72 episodes. Directed by well-known Director/producer Nagabala Suresh Kumar, the TV series won 4 Nandi awards by govt of A.P including Best Mega TV serial 2012.[9]

References
  1. "Tributes paid to Telangana martyrs". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 September 2005.
  2. "BJP demands inclusion of komaram bheem biography in curriculum". The Siasat Daily. 22 October 2010.
  3. Rao, M. Malleswara (19 November 2011). "Komaram Bheem project launch today". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  4. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/local/hyderabad/adivasis-feel-trs-neglecting-them-798
  5. "Biography of Great Freedomfighter komaram Bheem" (PDF). etelangana.org.
  6. Poyam, Akash (16 October 2016). "Komaram Bheem: A forgotten Adivasi leader who gave the slogan 'Jal Jangal Jameen'". Adivasi Resurgence. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. "Komaram Bheem statue to be installed in city". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  8. "Komaram statue to come up on Tank Bund". Hyderabad, India: Times of India. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  9. "The Komaram Bheem story - The Times of India". The Times Of India.


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