- The British Raj aimed to increase the economic utility of lands in the Godavari Agency, an area known for its abundance of malaria and blackwater sickness.
- Traditional agricultural practises were considerably hampered when the state acquired control of the forests, mainly for commercial objectives such as products for constructing railways and ships, with no consideration for indigenous people's necessities.
- A government paper from 1923 said that "the nation had suffered from unduly strong limitations on jungle clearing, that numerous constraints had been overdone, and significant populace and food grains had been wasted for the sake of woods of uncertain worth".
- The tribal inhabitants of the hills, who were facing starvation, had long believed that the judicial framework preferred the zamindars (estate landlords) and traders of the plains districts, which had led to the preceding Rampa Rebellion of 1879.
- They are now opposed to Raj regulations and ongoing acts that harmed their economic situation and forced them to seek alternate subsistence methods, like working as coolies. They specifically resisted attempts at the time to utilise them as indentured servants in developing a regional road.
- Concurrently, there was resentment among the Muttadars, who were hereditary tax collectors and the real authorities in the highlands until the British arrived. They had previously taken the role of the rajas, the true rulers of the plains. They had almost unrestricted authority until the British incorporated them into the colonial government, placing them as mere bureaucrats with little substantial power and no absolute entitlement to an inherited post.
- Raju was a popular sannyasin who many tribal people thought possessed magical talents and had virtually messianic status.
- He used tribal resentment to fuel his anti-colonial fervour, while also catering to the problems of those Muttadars who were committed to his cause rather than just narrow-minded in their desire for a renewed position for themselves.
- Sitarama Raju did not belong to the tribal group, but he was aware of the constraints imposed on tribal life by British colonial rule.
- Alluri Sitarama Raju and 500 tribals raided the Chintapalli, Krishnadevipeta, and Rajavommangi police stations.
- They carried 26 police carbine guns and 2000 rounds of ammo with them.
- According to folklore, Alluri would warn British commanders of an impending invasion and dare them to prevent him with the more significant resources at their disposal.
- He was eventually apprehended, chained to a tree, and gunned down.
