(i) The Anti-Arrack movement had touched upon larger social, economic and political issues of the region that affected women’s lives.
(ii) A close nexus between crime and politics was established around the business of arrack.
(iii) Groups of local women tried to address these complex issues in their agitation against arrack. Their movement for the first time provided a platform to discuss private issues of domestic violence.
(iv) They ran a campaign against the system of dowry and demanded personal and property laws based on the norms of gender equality.
