History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-I)
Passage
The next phase of revolutionary activity in Maharashtra centred around Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who can be called a born revolutionary. It is said that when he heard about the Chapekar brothers, he was a fifteen-year-old boy; he took an oath before Goddess Durga to fulfil the martyred Chapekar brothers' mission of driving the British out of India. In 1900 he founded the organisation Mitra Mela in Nashik. Its objective was to achieve political independence for India, and it was firmly stated that such independence could be achieved through armed rebellion, if necessary. In 1904 the organisation adopted the name Abhinav Bharat, after Mazzini's 'Young Italy'.
'Abhinav Bharat' was:
AA secret organization of revolutionaries ✓ Correct
BA social reform organization
CA religious organization
DAn educational organization
Correct answer: (A) A secret organization of revolutionaries — The answer is a secret organization of revolutionaries.
Explanation
★The answer is a secret organization of revolutionaries.
★Abhinav Bharat was a modified form of Mitra Mela, founded in 1904.
★It was a secret revolutionary organisation founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brothers.
★Savarkar named it Abhinav Bharat after Mazzini's Young Italy.
★He was also linked with organisations like India House abroad.
★He founded the Abhinav Bharat Society in London.
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