Kondapalli Seetharamaiah

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah
Born	Lingavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	Vijayawada
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Prominent Figure of Naxal movement in India

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah (? - April 12, 2002) was a senior communist leader and Maoist organiser in India.

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah was born into a rich family in Lingavaram village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, and was brought up in the nearby Jonnapadu village.

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, at a young age, joined the communist movements. He went on to become the Krishna District Secretary of the Communist Party of India. His CPI unit was active during the Telangana Rebellion. When the Communist Party of India was divided in 1964, Seetharamaiah withdrew from political life. He began working as a Hindi teacher at St.Gabriel's High School in Warangal. In Warangal he befriended K.G. Sathyamurthy. Both men joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). Seetharamaiah became a member of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of CPI(ML). When the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) was torn by internal strife, Seetharamaiah joined the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in 1972. In August 1974, the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of COC, CPI(ML) was organised, with Seetharamaiah as one of its three members.

On April 26, 1977 Seetharamaiah was arrested in Nagpur, when police caught him with weapons in a vehicle. He was released on bail, but absconded and went underground.

In 1977 he broke away from COC, CPI(ML). On April 22, 1980 he founded the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War.

On January 2, 1982 he was arrested in Hyderabad at Begumpet Railway Station, when waiting to board a train to Bombay. On January 4, 1984 he managed to escape from the prisoners wing of the Osmania Hospital.

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