Who got an opportunity to become Professor of Indian Philosophy in the University of California in 1911?

Question

Who got an opportunity to become Professor of Indian Philosophy in the University of California in 1911?

1. A. Sohan Singh Bhakna
2. B. Virendranath Chattopadhyay
3. C. Har Dayal (Correct answer)
4. D. Shyamji Krishna Varma

Correct Answer

Option C — Har Dayal

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Har Dayal.

Key Points

• Lala Har Dayal was offered the opportunity to become Professor of Indian Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1911.
• A brilliant scholar, he had earlier won a Government of India scholarship to Oxford, which he renounced in protest against British rule.
• Har Dayal is best remembered as a founder and the first General Secretary of the Ghadar Party, established at San Francisco in 1913 by Indian immigrants, largely Punjabi Sikhs, on the west coast of North America.
• The party published the newspaper "Ghadar" in Urdu, Punjabi and other languages, and aimed to overthrow British rule in India through armed revolution, culminating in the planned Ghadar Mutiny of 1915.
• Other Ghadar leaders included Sohan Singh Bhakna (the first president) and Kartar Singh Sarabha.

Exam Tip

• distinguish the overseas revolutionary centres — Ghadar Party (USA), India House (London, Shyamji Krishna Varma) and the Berlin Committee (Virendranath Chattopadhyay).

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

1911 में कॉलिफोर्निया विश्वविद्यालय में भारतीय दर्शन–शास्त्र के प्रोफेसर बनने का किसे अवसर मिला?

1. A. सोहन सिंह भकना
2. B. वीरेन्द्रनाथ चट्टोपाध्याय
3. C. हर दयाल
4. D. श्यामजी कृष्ण वर्मा