Describe the role of Alluri Sitaram Raju in Andhra Pradesh

Describe the role of Alluri Sitaram Raju in Andhra Pradesh during 1920s.

Answer

Role of Alluri Sitaram Raju in the Gudem hills of Andhra Pradesh:

  1. Alluri Sitaram Raju claimed that he had a variety of special powers like making astrological predictions, healing people and surviving bullet shots.

  2. The rebels proclaimed him as an incarnation of God.

  3. Raju was inspired by Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement.

  4. Persuaded people to wear khadi and give up drinking.

  5. But at the same time he asserted that India could be liberated only by the use of force, not non-violence.

  6. Used guerrilla warfare for achieving swaraj.