Baru Alivelamma

Baru Alivelamma (1895–1973) was a prominent freedom fighter in India during the Indian independence movement.

Biography Baru Alivelamma was born in September 1895 in Kakinada, India, to father Patri Krishna Rao and mother Sri Patri Venkubayamma. They had two sons and three daughters, many of whom also became heavily involved in Indian independence. Their daughter Sesha and son Venkata Govinda Rao were particularly involved.

Baru Alivelamma died on 13 November 1973, in Rajahmundry, Andra Pradesh.

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 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 Pantulu, Garimella Satyanarayana, Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham and N. Subba Rao Pantulu.