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Venku Pandu

(★ – 1880) – (Andhra Pradesh)

Venku Pandu, a resident of Boduluru village in the Rampachodavaram taluka of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, participated in the Rampa Rebellion of 1879-80. The rebellion was against the oppressive rule of Mansabdar and British officials in the Chodavaram Division of the Godavari Agency.

Pandu was an active participant in the attacks and burnings of many police stations, alongside his leader. He also killed a constable near Chodavaram before he was captured. He was sentenced to death and hanged by the Government around November 1880 at Yelleshwaram.