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The Gandhian era, 1917–1947

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निम्नलिखित स्वतन्त्रता सेनानियों पर विचार कीजिए :

  1. 1.बारीन्द्र कुमार घोष
  2. 2.जोगेश चन्द्र चटर्जी
  3. 3.रास बिहारी बोस

उपर्युक्त में से कौन ग़दर पार्टी के साथ सक्रिय रूप से जुड़ा था/जुड़े थे ?

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Consider the following freedom fighters:

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

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) केवल 3

Only Rash Behari Bose worked with the Ghadar plan for a pan-Indian mutiny in 1914-15. Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee belonged to the Bengal revolutionary groups, not the Ghadar Party.

  • ✗ 1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh (Barin Ghose) led the Bengali paper Yugantar and the revolutionaries linked to the Anushilan Samiti; he was jailed in the Alipore case and sent to the Cellular Jail. He was not part of the Ghadar Party.
  • ✗ 2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee was a Bengal revolutionary of the Anushilan circle who later helped found the Hindustan Republican Association, not the Ghadar Party.
  • ✓ 3. Rash Behari Bose, with Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Kartar Singh Sarabha, tried to get the army infiltrated as part of the Ghadar Movement's plan of 1914-15.

Remember · Ghadar Party: Indian migrants in North America (Lala Hardayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna); in India, Rash Behari Bose and Kartar Singh Sarabha. Barindra Ghosh belonged to the Bengal groups.

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