As a part of the non-cooperation movement, Pullari Satyagraha was organized in the Palnadu region and Hanumanthu mobilised people to not pay the tax.

[5][7] Kanneganti Hanumanthu was born in a Kapu family[10][11][6] in 1870 in Minchalapadu village (Kolagatla), in Durgi Mandal of Palnadu district of present-day Andhra Pradesh.

Under the leadership of Hanumanthu, people organised a social boycott of Revenue and Forest department officials.

Under the leadership of Hanumanthu, the Chenchus of Nallamalla Hills fought against the British as a part of Palnadu forest satyagraha in 1921-22.

)[1][7][8]On 22 February 1922, some British officials came to Minchalapadu village, and warned Hanumanthu of severe consequences if the Pullari tax was not paid.

[7] On the day of Maha Sivaratri at Kotappakonda, Hanumanthu and his followers left to take part in the procession, leaving only women and children.

[1] Taking advantage of his absence, district collector Warner gave some police troops to Inspector Raghavayya.

[3] The police surrounded the village and began to take away the cattle, forcibly beating up the elder and women with their rifle butts when they tried to protest.

[7] The British treated him with cruelty by shooting him 24 to 26 times and preventing the villagers from even offering him water.