Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1928
The correct answer is 1928.
Hindustan Socialist Republican Army:
- Post Kakori Case, Hindustan Republic Army faced a major setback and became a bit inactive.
- In 1928, in the atmosphere of Simon Commission Resistance, younger men such as Bejoy Kumar Sinha, Shiv Varma, and Jaidev Kapur in U.P, Bhagat Singh, Bhagwati Charan Vohra, and Sukhdev in Punjab set out to reorganize the HRA under the overall leadership of Chandrashekhar Azad. Simultaneously, they were being influenced by socialist ideas.
- Finally, nearly all the major young revolutionaries of northern India met at Ferozeshah Kotla Ground at Delhi on 9 and 10 September 1928, created a new collective leadership, adopted socialism as their official goal, and changed the name of the party to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
Hindustan Republican Association
- The constitution for the Hindusthan Republic Association (HRA) was drafted by Bismil in 1923 at Allahabad with the blessing of Lala Har Dayal.
- Other prominent members of the party were Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee (who was also a member of the Anushilan Samiti).
- The HRA formed centres, besides Allahabad, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Shahjahanpur, and Saharanpur.
- A manifesto for the party was written by Sanyal titled ‘Revolutionary’
- It also demanded universal suffrage. The material espoused a socialist society for India.
- The pamphlets were distributed in many cities in northern India.
- In 1924 – 25, many young people joined the party, prominent among them being Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Chandrasekhar Azad.
