Question

Explain the role played by tribal peasants of andhra pradesh during non corporation movement?

Answer 1

The tribals of Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh interpreted Swaraj as the restoration of their traditional rights over forest produce and acess to their means of livelihood. This was because the colonial government had closed large forest areas, preventing the access of people to the forests they depended upon for grazing cattle and collecting fuelwood. The government also forced people into begar for constructing roads.

The people finally revolted under the leadership of Alluri Sitaram Raju. Their movement was militant in nature and they used tactics that were different from those used by Congress. Raju was inspired by the Non-cooperation movement and persuaded people to adopt khadi and give up drinking. However, his other practices included the use of violence against the government to achieve liberation.

Answer 2

The Gudem rebellion spread because of Gandhiji's Non-Cooperation Movement:

(i) In the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh, an aggressor guerrilla development spread in the mid 1920s under the initiative of Alluri Sitaram Raju.  

(ii) The slope individuals got infuriated when the frontier government kept them from entering the backwoods to nibble their dairy cattle, or to gather fuel wood and natural products.  

(iii) They considered Sitaram Raju as a manifestation of God enlivened by Gandhiji's Non-Cooperation Movement, Raju induced the Gudem radicals to wear Khadi and surrender drinking. And yet he declared that India could be freed just by the utilization of power, not peacefulness.  

(iv) The Gudem rebels assaulted police headquarters, endeavored to execute British authorities and carried on guerrilla fighting for accomplishing Swaraj.