🏛️ History & Art-CultureFirst Phase of Revolutionary Activities (1907-1917)

The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a: (UPSC Prelims, 2014)

arevolutionary association of Indians with headquarters in San Francisco.
bnationalist organization operating from Singapore.
cmilitant organization with headquarters in Berlin.
dcommunist movement for India's freedom with headquarters at Tashkent.
✓ Correct answer: a) revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters in San Francisco.
ExplanationAns: A Exp: Option (a) is correct: The Ghadar Party was a revolutionary organization based in San Francisco.Initially, it was centered 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.Most of these revolutionaries were ex-soldiers and farmers who migrated from Punjab to the United States and Canada in search of better employment opportunities.Arriving in 1911, Ramdas Puri, G.D. Kumar, Taraknath Das, Sohan Singh Bhakna, and Lala Hardayal were involved in pre-Ghadr revolutionary activities.

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