Question

What was the motive behind the Anti Liquor Movement? Trace a brief background of the movement. (1)+(2)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The anti-Arrack movement was a mass uprising of women against the production and sale of country liquor – arrack. Stemming out of recognition of the effects of liquor consumption among rural women in Andhra Pradesh, the movement became one of the biggest agitations lead by women as a collective against the state and its agencies, leading to the total prohibition of production of illicit liquor in the state.