Q. Abhinava Bharat organised in 1904 was

A
A secret society of revolutionary activists
B
A newspaper advocating revolutionary activities
C
A cultural organisation
D
A trade union movement
Solution:
  • Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

  • Initially founded at Nasik as “Mitra Mela” when Vinayak Savarkar was still a student of Fergusson College at Pune, the society grew to include several hundred revolutionaries and political activists with branches in various parts of India, extending to London after Savarkar went to study law. It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952.

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