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Download Solution PDFWho among the following had organised, in 1904, a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is VD Savarkar.
- Abhinav Bharat secret society was organised by VD Savarkar in 1904.
- It was founded by V D Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar.
- The society believed in the armed rebellion which carried out a few assassinations of British officials.
Key Points
- About Veer Savarkar:
- VD Savarkar or Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883, in Bhagur, a village near Nashik in Maharashtra.
- Savarkar was associated with the India House and founded student societies like the Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society.
- Veer Savarkar was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, writer, social reformer, and formulator of the Hindutva philosophy.
- The airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar's capital was renamed Veer Savarkar International Airport in 2002.
- Khudiram Bose was part of Anushilan Samiti.
- Shyamji Krishna Verma founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House, and The Indian Sociologist in London.
- Lala Hardayal founded the Ghadar movement.
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