Ilija Strelja

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Ilija Petrović Strelja (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Петровић Стреља; d. 1825), also known as Ilija Delija (Илија Делија), was a Serbian revolutionary from Gradište, Leskovac.^[1] He collected many volunteers from his home region and went to northern Serbia.^[1] He was especially acclaimed for his efforts in the Battle of Deligrad (1806).^[1] He is enumerated in Serbian epic poetry.^[2]