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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/telanganas-famous-revolutionary-poet-gaddar-passes-away-8879588/  Sreenivas Janyala, Aug 7, 2023: ''The Indian Express'']</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Born Gummadi Vithal Rao, Gaddar — whose moniker means rebellion — was popularly known as ‘praja gayakudu’ , or people’s singer. He was a long-time Maoist sympathiser who voted for the first time only in 2018.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He had been unwell for several days, undergoing treatment for lung problems and other ailments. Shot at by unidentified assailants in 1997, he also suffered health issues owing to a bullet lodged in his spine. He died at a private hospital in Hyderabad in the afternoon.</ins></div></td></tr>
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