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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter (1925–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rampilla Narasayamma
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1925}}
| death_date = {{Death date|2024|11|13|df=yes}}
| alma_mater =
| known_for = Participation in [[Indian independence movement]]
| awards =
}}
'''Rampilla Narasayamma''' (1925{{En dash}}13 November 2024) was an Indian freedom fighter who actively participated in the country's struggle for independence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=స్వాతంత్య్ర సమరయోధురాలు రాంపిళ్ల నరసాయమ్మ కన్నుమూత - Prajasakti |url=https://prajasakti.com/varthalu/state/freedom-fighter-rampilla-narasayamma-passed-away |access-date=2024-11-27 |language=en-US |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127062556/https://prajasakti.com/varthalu/state/freedom-fighter-rampilla-narasayamma-passed-away |url-status=live }}</ref> She hailed from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She joined [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]]'s [[Salt March]] movement, which was an act of civil disobedience against British rule.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ameen |first=Md |date=2024-11-24 |title=Rich tributes paid to freedom fighter Narasayamma |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/rich-tributes-paid-to-freedom-fighter-narasayamma-924121 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-08-01 |title=Maris Stella College students felicitate freedom fighter |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maris-stella-college-students-felicitate-freedom-fighter/article65712474.ece |access-date=2024-11-27 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=1 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201193040/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/maris-stella-college-students-felicitate-freedom-fighter/article65712474.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
She undertook multiple responsibilities in the struggle for independence, alongside her husband Sardar Rampilla Suryanarayana. The couple played a role in supporting revolutionary activities, particularly in the preparation and distribution of explosives to aid freedom fighters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murthy |first=Sistla Dakshina |date=2022-08-16 |title=India@75: 'Iron Woman of Vijayawada' recalls her 'pilgrimage' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/specials/2022/Aug/15/india75-iron-woman-of-vijayawada-recalls-her-pilgrimage-2487694.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125040013/https://www.newindianexpress.com/specials/2022/Aug/15/india75-iron-woman-of-vijayawada-recalls-her-pilgrimage-2487694.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They were jailed for their involvement in the [[Goa liberation movement]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-11-14 |title=Freedom fighter Narasayamma passes away at 99 in Vijayawada |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Nov/14/freedom-fighter-narasayamma-passes-away-at-99-in-vijayawada |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208185443/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Nov/14/freedom-fighter-narasayamma-passes-away-at-99-in-vijayawada |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under the leadership of her husband, a team of approximately forty individuals manufactured bombs on Vidyadharapuram Hill near Indrakiladri in [[Vijayawada]]. To maintain secrecy, they posed as individuals learning horse riding, a strategy that avoided drawing attention from neighbors or authorities. Narasayamma helped with transporting these explosives, concealing them under her [[Silk saree|silk sarees]] in trunk boxes. Together, she and her husband traveled extensively, often under the pretense of going on pilgrimages. They were actually delivering these explosives to members of the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rampilla Narasayamma |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?12277 |website=Amrit Mahotsav |access-date=27 November 2024 |archive-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125040030/https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?12277 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The couple's contributions were not without risk. They were arrested on December 3, 1943, in connection with the Bezwada Bomb Case and were sentenced to four years of imprisonment in Rayavellur and Alipur jails.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lanka |first=Venu |date=2017-08-15 |title=Andhra Pradesh: From making bombs to promoting peace |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/150817/andhra-pradesh-from-making-bombs-to-promoting-peace.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en |archive-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202003508/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/150817/andhra-pradesh-from-making-bombs-to-promoting-peace.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After India gained independence, the couple continued their activism, participating in the liberation struggles of Goa and Pondicherry, which were still under foreign rule. Narasayamma was arrested again, along with her husband, for allegedly supplying arms to Portuguese freedom fighters.

== Personal life ==
She married Sardar Rampilla Suryanarayana and gave birth to a son, Rampilla Jayaprakash, on April 10, 1958. She spent six months in jail with her newborn.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Narasayamma died at her home in [[Vijayawada]] on 27 November 2024, at the age of 99.<ref name=":1" />

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