Question

In which year did the anti-arrack movement start in Nellore?

• A. 1992
• B. 1993
• C. 1994
• D. 1995

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

1992

• The anti-arrack movement started in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh in 1992, and quickly spread to other parts of the state.
• The poor rural women of the district started the movement as a fight against arrack(liquor) but it soon turned into a full fledged women's movement.
• Arrack is rectified spirit, which is obtained by distilling fermented molasses.