NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 2
Social Science Class 10 History
Nationalism in India 2
Important Questions
Objective Type Questions
3/5 Mark Questions:
Questions No: 6
Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju? Explain his role in inspiring the rebels with Gandhijis ideas?
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(i) In late 19th century, Indian Nationalist began recording folk tales sung by bards and toured village together.
(ii) The tales they believed gave true picture of traditional culture that was damaged by outside forces
(iii) It was essential to preserve this folk tradition in order to discover the National Identity.
(iv) It restored a sense of pride in one’s past during Swadeshi Movement, a tricolor flag was designed representing eight provinces through eight lotuses and a crescent moon symbolizing Hindu-Muslim unity
(v) Later Gandhiji developed tricolor flag (Red, Green and White) with a spinning wheel at center representing self-help. Carrying the flag became a symbol of defiance.
(vi) This image of Bharat Mata was first created by Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay. In 1870 he wrote Vande Mataram a hymn to the mother land. Abanindranath Tagore in his painting portrayed Bharat Mata as calm, ascetic figure, composed, divine and spiritual
(i) Alluri Sita Ram Raju was a tribal leader in the Gudem hills of Andhra Pradesh
(ii) He started a militant Guerilla Movement in the early 1920s.
(iii) 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.
(iv) Raju inspired the hill people. He talked on the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi.
(v) 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.