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Revolutionary Terrorism Get Printed Study Notes for UPSC Exams - www.iasexamportal.com/notes CHAPTER - 27 REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISM • A whole generation of nationalist youth • Zimmeran Plan was formulated by were attracted to revolutionary terrorism Virendranath Chattopadhya, Bhupen Datta because they were angered by repression and Lala Hardyal. • Convinced of the futility of the moderate Revolutionary Terrorism - Phase II path. • Sachin Sanyal, Jogesh Chatterjee and • Impatient with the inability of the Ramprasad Bismil founded Hindustan extremists to either extract immediate Republican Army (HRA) at Kanpur in concessions from the government or to October 1924. achieve full scale mobilisation of masses. • HRA aimed at organising an armed • 1897 Chapekar brothers of Poona-Damodar revolution and establishing a Federal and Balkrishna-assassinated two British Republic of the USA with a government officers. elected on the basis of adult franchise. • By 1904, V.D. Savarkar and his brother • Sachin Sanyal wrote ‘Bandi Jivan’. Ganesh organised Mitramela and Abhinav • Jatin Das (Sept. 1929) died after a prolonged Bharat as secret, societies. They were co- fast of sixty three daysin jail. accused in Nasik and Gwalior conspiracy • Hindustan Socialist Republican Association cases. (HSRA) was founded in September, 1928 at • The revolutionary trend was launched in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi under the April 1908, by Khudiram Bose and Prafulla leadership of Chandrashekhar Azad. They Chaki when they threw a bomb on were also influenced socialist ideas. Kingsford. • Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt threw bombs • Arushilan and Yugantar Samities in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 spearheaded revolutionary activities. April 1929 to protestagainst the passage of • In Madras, Vanchi Aivar of the Bharata the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Matha Association assassinated a British Disputes Bill. The objectives was not to kill officer. but to make the deaf hear. • In London Madan Lal Dhingra killed Curzon • Bhagat Singh wrote; Why I am An Atheist. Wylie, an India Office official. • After raiding Chittagong Armory Surya Sen proclaimed the formation of Provisional • Hindu Association in Portland later Revolutionary Government of the Indian changed its name to Hindustan Ghadar Republication Army which fought at Party. Jalalabad. • The Ghadar paper carried the inscription •Two school girls of Comilla, Santi Ghosh Angrezi Raj ka Dushman. and Suniti Chowdhary, shot dead the DM, • The front page of each issue of Ghada Mr. Stevens. carried the slogan Angrezi Raj ki Kacha • Kalpana Datta was arrested and tried along Chittha. with Surya Sen. • An attempt was made to defy Canadian immigration laws which forbade entry to Person Associated with Revolutionary Terrorism all except those who made a ‘direct passage Pulin Das 1902 Foundation of in their ship’. Gurdit Singh, chartered a Annushilan Samiti ship Komagata Maru and with 376 Indians of Dacca it set for Vancouver. Get Printed Study Notes for UPSC Exams - www.iasexamportal.com/notes V.D. Savarkar 1904 (a) Establishment of Rasbihari Bose 1912 (a) Murder of Lord Abhinav Bharat at Delhi Harding at the 1899 (b) Foundation of time of his Arrival Mitramela in Mahendra Pratap 1915 Formation of Maharashtra Barkutullal and State Damodar Chapekar1897 Assassination of Lt. Abdulla Sindhi Government and Balkrishna Ayerst and of Independent Chapekar Mr. Rand at Poona India in Kabul. Shyamjee 1905 (a) India House of Jatin Mukherjee To capture Fort Krishnaverma and London. William situated M. L. Dhingra (b) Indian House on the Bank of the rule Society in River Buri Balam London in Balasore (Orissa). Prafulla Chaki and1908 Thrown up bomb Khudiram Bose on Kingsford Jogesh Chatterjee 1924 Foundation of the judge of Hindustan Muzaffarpur, who Republican escaped unhurt Association Madanlal Dhingra 1909 Assassination of S.N. Sanyal 1924 Foundation of Curzon-Willie Hindustan in London Republican Hardayal and Sohan1913 Foundation of Association Singh Bhakna Ghadar Party in Virendra Nath Foundation of San-Francisco, Chattopadhya Independent USA. Indian Barinder Kumar 1907 Unsucessful Committee Ghosh and attempt of the Champkramani Foundation of Bhupendra Dutta murder of Pillai Indian National Lt. Governor Fuler Party of West Bengal Jatindernath Foundation of Madam Cama 1908- (a) Foundation of Mukherjee Yugantar Party 1909 ParisIndia Society in Paris Kartar Singh 1924 Planning of (b) Foundation of Sarbha Gopinath Murder of Police Independent Saha Commissioner of India Society Tegrat in (c) Publication of Kolkata Bande Matram Bhagat Singh, 1928 Foundation of Taraknath Das 1909 Foundation of Jatinder Nath Ajay Hindustan Indian Ghosh, Fannindra Socialist Independent Nath Ghose Republican Army League Jatindra Nath Das Lahore Vanchi Ayyer 1911 (a) Murder of Conspiracy case District Lala Hardyal 1913 Foundation of Magistrate Gadar Party of Tirunavalli (b) India Mother Vipin Chandrapal 1906 Foundation of Association Bande Matram Get Printed Study Notes for UPSC Exams - www.iasexamportal.com/notes Uddam Singh Murder of Sir Michal-o-Dyer in London Ram Prasad Bismil 1924 (a) Foundation of Hindustan Republican Association 1925 (b) Kakori Conspiracy Ashafkulla 1925 Kakori Conspiracy Roshan Lal 1925 Kakori Conspiracy Surya Sen 1930 Chittagong Conspiracy Chandrashekhar 1932 (a) Self Shooting Azad during the encounter with the Police at Alfred Park at Allahabad 1928 (b) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Bhagat Singh 1928 (a) Killing of Saunder 1929 (b) Throwing of a bomb in the central Legislative Assembly 1929 (c) Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha Raj Guru 1928 Killing of Saunders Batukeshwar Dutta1929 Throwing of a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly Jatin Das 1929 64 days Hunger Strike.
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