REVOLUTIONNARY ACTIVITIES
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Baba Gurdit Singh was the central figure in the Komagata Maru incident of 1914.
The Ghadar Party was a revolutionary Indian organization founded in 1913 in San Francisco, USA by Indian immigrants, mainly Punjabi Sikhs, to fight against British colonial rule.
Founded:
In 1913, at Yugantar Ashram, San Francisco.
Founders & Leaders:
Sohan Singh Bhakna (President)
Lala Har Dayal (Ideologue)
Other key members: Kartar Singh Sarabha, Rash Behari Bose
Main Objective:
To free India from British rule through armed revolution.
Publication:
Published a newspaper called "Ghadar" in multiple languages to spread revolutionary ideas.
The Ghadar Conspiracy, also known as the February Mutiny Plot, was a major revolutionary plan by the Ghadar Party to overthrow British rule in India during World War I.
The Kakori Conspiracy was a bold revolutionary act carried out by Indian freedom fighters to fight British colonial rule.
Date:
August 9, 1925
Place:
Kakori, near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Organized by:
Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)
Key revolutionaries:
Ram Prasad Bismil
Ashfaqulla Khan
Chandrashekhar Azad
Rajendra Lahiri
Roshan Singh
To loot British government money from the train to fund revolutionary activities against British rule.
Incident:
A train carrying government treasury was looted near Kakori by the revolutionaries.
Aftermath:
British government launched a crackdown.
Many revolutionaries were arrested.
In 1927:
Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, and Roshan Singh were hanged.
Others were imprisoned for life.
This incident is popularly known as Kakori Kand (now Kakori Action Day).
Twenty-nine revolutionaries were arrested in this case, of them
