Kosa (Maoist)

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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Adilabad dist, Telangana
| death_date = 15 October 2019
| death_place = Tulsi Dongri, [[Sukma district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Kosa, Gopanna, Sadhu
| organization = [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
| known_for = A [[Cadre (politics)|cadre]] and Central Committee member of CPI (Maoist)
| spouse = Radha
| image =
| image_size =
200
| criminal_charge = Left-wing insurgency, Murder, Criminal conspiracy
| criminal_status = Killed in encounter
}}

'''Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy''',<ref name="TH-389977" /> commonly known by his [[nom de guerre]], '''Kosa''' ({{IPA-hi|koːsaː}}), was a [[Central Committee]]<ref name="TH-389977">{{cite news |title=Maoists from Andhra Pradesh may have planned Chhattisgarh ambush |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/maoists-from-andhra-pradesh-may-have-planned-chhattisgarh-ambush/article389977.ece |first=K. Srinivas |last=Reddy |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | publisher=The Hindu |place=Hyderabad |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], a [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)#Legal status|banned]]<ref>[http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928115333/http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 |date=2010-09-28 }} — [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. Retrieved 6 June 2013</ref> [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[insurgent]]<ref>{{cite book |title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlVXtIsXCxYC&pg=PA62 |pages=62–63 |authors=Deepak Kapoor, AVSM PVSM, SM VSM Chief of Army Staff (India) |publisher=Pentagon Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-8274-399-1}}</ref> [[communist party]] in India.

== Family ==
In 1984, Kosa was married to Radha; soon after their marriage, Kosa decided to have a [[vasectomy]], as the couple consciously concluded that "it was very difficult to have children and fight a guerrilla warfare."<ref name="oi-1144751799">{{cite news |title=Maoist couples prefer no child norm |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/11/maoist-couples-prefer-no-child-norm-1144751799.html |location=[[Abujhmarh]], Chhattisgarh |work=[[Oneindia.in|One India]] | publisher=Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |date=11 April 2006 |access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> Kosa has told media that "[[People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India)|Maoist cadres]] did not force their women to undergo sterilisation operation but they themselves opt for [[Vasectomy|tubectomy]]."<ref name="oi-1144751799" />

== Guerrilla life ==
In an interview with the media, one of the officials of [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) has described Kosa as "very good with arms and ammunition and a master at [[guerrilla warfare]].<ref name="IE-1033013">{{cite news |title=Maoists appoint Kishenji 'replacement' for revival |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maoists-appoint-kishenji--replacement--for-revival/1033013/0 |first=Vijaita |last=Singh |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] | publisher=[[Indian Express Group]] | place=New Delhi |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

He is a former secretary of Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee and a former "military commander" of CPI (Maoist), and has been appointed by the Central Regional Bureau of the political party to "fill the void" left after [[Kishenji]]'s elimination in the ongoing [[Maoism in India|Maoist movement in the region]].<ref name="IE-1033013" /> After Kosa was promoted to the Central Committee of the party, Ramanna replaced him as the head of its Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee.<ref name="IE-1104142">{{cite news |title=In a first, UAV used to record gunfight with Naxals in C'garh |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-a-first-uav-used-to-record-gunfight-with-naxals-in-cgarh/1104142/ |first=Vijaita |last=Singh |newspaper=The Indian Express |publisher=Indian Express Group |place=New Delhi |date=18 April 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2009 [[NDTV]] claimed that Kosa was "one of the top five [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)#Organisation|Maoist leaders]] in India.<ref name="NDTV-2009">{{cite news |title=Govt sending mixed signals: Naxals |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/govt-sending-mixed-signals-naxals-11576 |first=Sudhi Ranjan |last=Sen |publisher=NDTV |year=2009 |location=Bastar, Chhattisgarh}}</ref> Kosa has stated that the [[Maoist]]s "only pick up arms in self-defence."<ref name="NDTV-2009" />

Kosa was killed on 15 October 2019 in [[Sukma district]], [[Chhattisgarh]] in an encounter with security forces.<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Naxal killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh's Sukma |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/naxal-killed-in-encounter-with-police-in-chhattisgarh-s-sukma/847533.html |year=2019|location=Raipur, Chhattisgarh}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Marxism]]
* [[Leninism]]
* [[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism]]
* [[Naxalism]]
* [[People's war]]
* [[New Democratic Revolution]]
* [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]]
* [[Anand (Maoist)|Anand]]
* [[Anuradha Ghandy]]
* [[Azad (Maoist)|Azad]]
* [[Charu Majumdar]]
* [[Ganapathy (Maoist)|Ganapathy]]
* [[Kobad Ghandy]]
* [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]]
* [[Narmada Akka]]
* [[Prashant Bose]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.icawpi.org/ International Campaign Against War on the People in India]

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* [http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/we-are-not-violent-says-naxal-leader/113718 We are not violent, says Naxal leader], ''[[NDTV]]''

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