1. Rewrite the statements by choosing the appropriate options.
(Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma, Mitramela, Ramsingh Kuka)
(1) Swatantryaveer Savarkar started a secret organisation of revolutionaries
named Mitramela.
(2) In Punjab, Ramsingh Kuka organised an uprising against the Government.
(3) Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma founded the India House.
2. Complete the following table.
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3.Explain the following statements with reasons.
(1) Chafekar brothers killed Rand.
Ans. (1) In 1897, the Plague Commissioner Rand had resorted to tyranny and force while managing the epidemic of plague in Pune. (2) Asa revenge the Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot him dead on 22 June 1897.
(2) Khudiram Bose was hanged to death.
Ans. (1) In 1908, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki, members of Anushilan Samiti planned to kill a judge named Kingsford. (2) But the vehicle on which they threw the bomb was not the one carrying Kingsford. (3) Two English women were killed in this attack. (4) Prafulla Chaki shot himself with a bullet so that he will not fall in the hands of British. (5) Khudiram Bose was caught by the police. During the investigation the police got information about the working of Anushilan Samiti and hence Khudiram Bose was hanged to death.
(3) Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly.
Ans. (1) The Government had introduced two bills in the Central Legislative Assembly, curtailing civil rights. (2) To protest it, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly.
4. Answer the following questions in brief.
(1) Write a detail description of the attack on Chittagong Armoury.
Ans. (1) Surya Sen had gathered around him revolutionaries like Anant Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Kalpana Dutta, Pritilata Waddedar. (2) With their assistance, Surya Sen drew up a plan to attack the armoury at Chittagong. (3) As per the plan, on 18 April 1930 the revolutionaries seized the arms from the two armouries in Chittagong. (4) The telephone and telegraph lines were broken and they succeeded in paralysing the communication system. (5) After that they gave a thrilling fight to the British army.
(2) Explain the contribution of Swatantryaveer Savarkar in the armed revolutionary movement.
Ans. (1) In 1900, Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded ‘Mitramela’- a secret organisation of revolutionaries in Nasik. The same organisation was renamed as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ in 1904. (2) Savarkar went to England for higher education . From there he began sending revolutionary literature, guns etc. to the members of Abhinav Bharat in India. (3) He wrote an inspiring biography of Joseph Mazzini, the famous Italian revolutionary. The 1857 rebellion was the first war of independence was stated in the book ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’ written by him. (4) When he was taken to Ratnagiri by government, Savarkar started many social movements such as removal of caste differences, removal of untouchability, common dining, purification of language etc.