Prelims 2022 · Q53
MediumConsider 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?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) 3 only
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.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 8 Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Ch 2 (practise this chapter) · Class 8 Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Ch 2 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 8 · Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Chapter 2 “Behind the movement was the Ghadar Party, founded by Indian migrants in North America, including Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna; many of them returned to India to take part in the rebellion. In India, Rash Behari Bose, Sachindra Nath Sanyal”
- NCERT Class 8 · Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Chapter 2 “Yugantar ('New Era'), a Bengali newspaper which preached open revolt and a violent overthrow of British rule; the paper was run by a group of revolutionaries led by Barindra and associated with the Anushilan Samiti.”
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