Which of the following groups/parties was started in San Francisco, United States of America, during the Indian National Movement?

Question

Which of the following groups/parties was started in San Francisco, United States of America, during the Indian National Movement?

1. A. Khilafat Committee
2. B. Ghadar Party (Correct answer)
3. C. Swaraj Party
4. D. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Correct Answer

Option B — Ghadar Party

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Ghadar Party.

Key Points

• The Ghadar Party was founded in 1913 by Indian immigrants in San Francisco, USA (Lala Hardayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna and others).
• It aimed to overthrow British rule through armed revolution, mobilising the Indian diaspora.

Additional Information

• The Ghadar Party was founded in 1913 at San Francisco by Lala Hardayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna and Kartar Singh Sarabha, drawing on Punjabi immigrants in North America.
• *Ghadar* means revolt. Its newspaper of the same name was published in Urdu, Punjabi and other languages and smuggled into India.
• The party planned an armed uprising in 1915, which was betrayed and crushed; the Komagata Maru incident of 1914 had swelled its support.
• Place the distractors: the Khilafat Committee (1919, India), the Swaraj Party (1923, C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru) and the HSRA (1928, Delhi) were all founded in India.