{"id":2641,"date":"2025-05-05T21:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:28:54","slug":"q-the-ghadr-ghadar-was-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-ghadr-ghadar-was-a","title":{"rendered":"Q. The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>nationalist organization operating from Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>militant organization with headquarters at Berlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>communist movement for India\u2019s freedom with headquarters at Tashkent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ghadar-party\">Ghadar Party:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ghadar Party was a\u00a0<strong>revolutionary group founded by Indians in the United States with the aim of securing India\u2019s independence from British rule.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Taraknath Das<\/strong>, a prominent Indian in the USA, established the Indian Independence League in California in 1907 and later began publishing the paper\u00a0<strong>Free Hindustan.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1913,\u00a0<strong>Sohan Singh Bhakna<\/strong>\u00a0founded the\u00a0<strong>Hind Association of America<\/strong>, which started the weekly publication Ghadar in English, Urdu, Marathi, and Gurmukhi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This paper promoted revolutionary ideas and inspired the name of the Ghadar Party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lala Hardayal\u00a0<\/strong>emerged as a key leader in the Ghadar movement, establishing a central committee with headquarters at the Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ghadar Party also had notable figures such as\u00a0<strong>Bhai Parmanand and Ram Chandra<\/strong>, and the publication Ghadar consistently encouraged armed struggle and revolt against British rule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revolutionaries\u00a0<strong>Raja Mahendra Pratap and Barkatullah<\/strong>\u00a0supported the Ghadar Party from abroad and, with the help of Germany and Russia, attempted to set up a provisional government of India in Kabul.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Founder of Ghadar Party<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ghadar Party\u2019s founders, including\u00a0<strong>Taraknath Das, Sohan Singh Bhakna, and Lala Hardayal, among others<\/strong>, were Indian expatriates committed to liberating India from British control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These leaders harnessed the collective discontent of Indian immigrants in North America and the nationalist fervor within India to form an organized resistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (a) revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco Ghadar 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