Consider the following freedom fighters: [Modern India]

 1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh

 2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee

 3. Rash Behari Bose

Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party?

(a) 1 and 2                                                           

(b) 2 only

(c) 1 and 3                                                          

(d) 3 only

Answer: d

Explanation:

After the outbreak of the first World War in 1914 Ghadar Revolutionaries based in North America attempted violent Over throw of British rule.

About Ghadar

Hindi Association was setup in Portland (USA) in 1913,

 Its First meeting was attended by Bhai Parmanand, Sohan Singh Bhakna, and Harnam Singh,  and Lala Har Dayal.  At the meeting Har Dayal said “ The root cause of Indian Poverty and degradation is British rule and it must be overthrown , not by Petitions but by Armed revolt”;

The idea of Har Dayal was accepted , a Weekly Ghadar( Revolt) was started and setup headquarters called Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco.

Ghadar militants began an extensive propaganda visiting  mills  and farms where most of Punjabis Immigrant labours worked in U.S.

The Ghadar Party was determined to wage war against the british in India and with that object in view decided to send arms and men to India to start a revolt with the help of soldiers and local revolutionaries.

Several thousand men volunteered to go back to India  , Millions of dollars were collected for that purpose.

The Ghadarites contacted Indian soldiers in the Far East, South -East  Asia and all over India and persuaded many regiments to revolt .

21 February 1915 was fixed for an  all- India revolt and vigorous preparations were made for that purpose, Rash Behari Bose, Sachindra Sanyal, Ganesh Pingale and Baghi Kartar Singh prepared a master plan for that purpose.

The all- India revolt failed because one Kirpal Singh passed on all the secret plans to the Government.

Prominent leaders like Baghi Kartar Singh, Bhai Parmanand, Ganesh Pingale , Jagat singh and Harnam singh were also tried for conspiracy to over throw the British Government.

Hence, option d is correct.

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