Question

UPSC Prelims 2014 Question:

The Ghadr was a

1. revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.
2. nationalist organization operating from Singapore.
3. militant organization with headquarters at Berlin
4. Communist movement for India's freedom with headquarters at Tashkent.

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1: revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organised around a weekly newspaper The Ghadr with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and in the Far East.
These revolutionaries included mainly ex-soldiers and peasants who had migrated from Punjab to the USA and Canada in search of better employment opportunities. They were based in the US and Canadian cities along the western (Pacific) coast.
Pre-Ghadr revolutionary activity had been carried on by Ramdas Puri, G.D. Kumar, Taraknath Das, Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal who reached there in 1911. To carry out revolutionary activities, the earlier activists had set up a ‘Swadesh Sevak Home’ at Vancouver and a ‘United India House’ at Seattle. Finally, in 1913, the Ghadr was established.

Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Revolutionary Activities

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