Question

. Elaborate the contribution of Alluri Sitaram Raju in the nationalist movement of India

Answer 1

Alluri Sitaram Raju He was a tribal leader in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh. He started a Militant Guerrilla Movement in the early 1920s. Role in Inpiring in the Rebels The tribal people were enraged by the British policy, but when the government began forcing them to contribute ‘begar’ for road building, the hill people revolted. Raju inspired the hill people. He talked of the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi. Inspired by Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement, he persuaded people to wear Khadi and give up drinking. But at the same time, he did not believe in non-violence, he thought that India could be liberated only by the use of force.

Answer 2

Alluri Sitaram Raju was the tribal chief from the gudem hills of Andhra Pradesh. In the early 1920s, he originated militant guerrilla Movement by urging the soldiers and armed civilians to use military tactics including pitfalls, demolition, assaults and hit-and-run tactics against the britishers.

Raju sparked the hill people to fight for the cause of independence because he was motivated non-cooperation movement led by Gandhiji. He inspired people to use Khadi but at the same time, he did not consider the method of  non-violence and believed that India could be liberated only by the method of force.