The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a:
✓ Correct answer: a) revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.
ExplanationThe Ghadar Party was a revolutionary organisation centred on the weekly newspaper “The Ghadr,” which had branches in the Far East and along the US coast in addition to its San Francisco headquarters.The Ghadr programme aimed to organise official assassinations, disseminate anti-imperialist and revolutionary literature, coordinate with Indian troops stationed abroad, get weapons, and spark a simultaneous uprising across all British colonies.Their plans were encouraged by two events in 1914, the Komagata Maru incident and the outbreak of the First World War.The Ghadr Party’s inspirational forces were Lala Hardayal, Ramchandra, Bhagwan Singh, Kartar Singh Saraba, Barkatullah, etc. 53
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