Gummadi Vittal Rao, known as Gaddar, was an Indian poet, singer, and communist revolutionary.
11 Facts About Gaddar
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Gaddar began his political and cultural journey as a Naxalite in the 1970s.
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Gaddar was one of the founding member of the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India People's War.
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Gaddar played a major role in drawing national attention to the Karamchedu massacre in 1987.
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Gaddar was born as Gummadi Vithal Rao at Toopran in the Medak district of Telangana in 1949.
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Gaddar went underground in the 1980s and became a member of Communist Party of India People's War.
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Gaddar was part of its cultural wing and performed for crowds.
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Until 2010, Gaddar was active in the Naxal movement, later identifying himself as an Ambedkarite.
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Gaddar adopted the name Gaddar as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party, which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab.
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Gaddar said that he was strongly aligned with those who are for a Telangana of social justice where scheduled tribes and scheduled castes have political representation on par with the OCs and BCs of the state.
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Gaddar expressed his solidarity with Devender Goud's NTPP despite being shot at by the police during Goud's term as AP home minister.