Modern Indian History UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

Given below is a list of organisations. Select those engaged in revolutionary activities, using the codes given below the list:

1. Abhinav Bharat
2. Anushilan Samiti
3. New Nationalist Party
4. Indian Patriot Association

Code:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: 1 and 2

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “1 and 2”.

1) Abhinav Bharat Society was an Indian Independence secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

2) The Anushilan Samiti was established by Pramathanath Mitra, a barrister from Calcutta on 24 March 1902. It was headed by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, younger brother of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. It was actually used as an underground society for anti-British revolutionaries.

3) The New Nationalist Party was a small, far-right political party founded by former members of the British National Party (BNP) in 2006.

4) The United Indian Patriotic Association or Alliance was a political organisation founded in 1888 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University) and Raja Shiv Prasad Singh of Benaras.

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