About Komaram Bheem

• Komaram Bheem, was a revolutionary leader in Hyderabad State of British India from the Gond tribes. 
• Bheem, in association with other Gond leaders, led a protracted low intensity rebellion against the feudal Nizams of Hyderabad in the eastern part of the princely state during the 1930s, which contributed in the culmination of the Telangana Rebellion of 1946.
• He was killed by armed policemen in 1940, subsequently lionised as a symbol of rebellion,.
• Bheem is deified as a pen in Gond culture and is credited for coining the slogan Jal, Jangal, Zameen (Water, Forest, Land) which, symbolising a sentiment against encroachment and exploitation, has been adopted by Adivasi movements as a call to action. 
• He is also closely associated with the movement for Telangana statehood.

Why in news?

• As a part of the  82nd annual Indian History Congress began at Kakatiya University in Warangal, Medaram Jatara and Komaram bheem peasant rebellion were being mentioned.