Answer:
(i)
In the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh, a militant guerrilla movement spread.
(ii) Here, the colonial government had closed large forest areas,
preventing people from entering the forests to graze their cattle or to collect
fuel wood and fruits.
(iii) This enraged the hill people.
(iv) Not only were their livelihoods affected but they
felt that their traditional rights were denied.
(v) When the government forced them to contribute begar
for road building, the hill people revolted.
(vi) Their leader was Alluri Sitaram Raju, who claimed to
have a variety of powers like he could survive even bullet shots.
(vii) Raju was highly inspired by the Non-cooperation
Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and persuaded people to wear khadi and give up
drinking.
(viii) But at the same time he asserted that India could
be liberated only by the use of force, not non-violence.
(ix) Raju was captured for his guerrilla warfare and
executed in 1924, and over time became a folk hero.
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