Chilli Post – Attack on Chintapalle Police Station.

A Special cover was released on the Chilli Post – Attack on Chintapalle Police Station on 22nd August 2021 at Chintapalle.

Alluri Sitaramaraju has started his fight against British by attacking police stations in the tribal area in the then Vizagapatam District. His war against British popularly known as "Manya Viplavam" or 'Bampa Revolution" started with the attack on Chintapalle Police Station on 22.08.1922. Revolutionaries had a unique way of dispatching messages to the officials about their intended attack on the police stations by tying up the message along with a bunch of chillies to an arrow. They would shoot the arrow in the direction of the enemy 50, as to reach the message to the intended place. The revolutionaries called it "Mirapakaaya Tapa (Chilli-Post)" to create a scare to the British Government.

Cover Code:AP/29/2021

Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.