Ghadar Party (may 15, 1913 – dec 31, 1917)

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Pre-Gadhr revolutionary activities
- Carried out by Ramdas Puri, GD Kumar, Taraknath Das, Sohan Singh Bakhna, Rasbehari Bose
- To carry out revolutionary activities, the earlier activist set up
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Ghadr Programme
➢ Lala Har Dayal assumed leadership of the immigrant Indian community and, in May 1913, the need for a central organisation was met with the setting up of the "Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, often linked with the Hindi Association of the Pacific Coast", which later changed its name to "Hindustan Ghadar Party"
➢ Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna was elected the President, Lala Har Dayal the General Secretary and Pandit Kanshi Ram Maroli the Treasurer at the first meeting of the Association, which was also attended by others. Decisions were taken to set up a headquarters by the name of Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco and start a weekly paper, the Ghadar, for free circulation

➢ Worked majorly in North America with the help of Germany and Turkey
➢ The headquarters, known as ‘Yugantar Ashram,’ served as a hub for revolutionary activities against British rule in India

➢ Major leaders are Lala Hardayal, Bhai Parmanand, Ramchandra, Bhagwan Singh, Kartar Singh Saraba, Barkatullah

➢ Important works
* Komarta Maru Incident
* Revolutionary activity in 1st WW

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