Who among the following was NOT an early member of the 'Naujawan-Sabha' formed in 1926 A.D.?
- (a)Bhagat Singh
- (b)Yaspal
- (c)Chhabil Das
- (d)Ambika Chakravarti
Correct — D, Ambika Chakravarti. The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded in Lahore in 1926 as a radical, secular youth organisation of Punjab, with Bhagat Singh as a moving spirit. Bhagat Singh (a), Yashpal (b) and Chhabil Das (c) were all associated with it in its early years. Ambika Chakravarti (Chakraborty) belonged to a different revolutionary stream — the Bengal (Chittagong) group linked to Surya Sen and the Chittagong Armoury Raid — and was not a member of the Punjab-based Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
- (a)Bhagat Singh — A founder and the guiding spirit of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha (1926) — very much an early member, so not the answer.
- (b)Yaspal — Yashpal, the revolutionary and later Hindi novelist, was an active member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha and the HSRA.
- (c)Chhabil Das — Chhabil Das, a Lahore educationist, was associated with the founding circle of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha — an early member, not the odd one out.
The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was a militant, secular youth organisation founded in Lahore in 1926 by Bhagat Singh and colleagues (Bhagwati Charan Vohra, Sukhdev, Yashpal and others). It spread anti-imperialist and socialist ideas among the youth, campaigned against communalism, and fed cadres into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). It is distinct from the Bengal revolutionary societies (Anushilan Samiti, Jugantar, Surya Sen's Chittagong group).
The distractor Ambika Chakravarti is placed to catch students who lump all 1920s revolutionaries together. Sort by region/organisation: the Naujawan Bharat Sabha = Punjab/Lahore (Bhagat Singh's circle), whereas Ambika Chakravarti = Bengal/Chittagong (Surya Sen). Separating the two streams gives the answer.
- Naujawan Bharat Sabha — founded in Lahore, 1926; a secular, socialist youth body
- Key figures: Bhagat Singh, Bhagwati Charan Vohra, Sukhdev, Yashpal, Chhabil Das
- It fed cadres into the HSRA (formed 1928)
- Ambika Chakravarti belonged to Surya Sen's Chittagong (Bengal) group, not the Sabha
- Assuming every famous revolutionary of the 1920s belonged to the same organisation
- Confusing the Punjab-based Naujawan Bharat Sabha with the Bengal (Chittagong/Anushilan) groups
Asked as 'who founded / was NOT a member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha' or matching a revolutionary to his organisation/region — anchor Bhagat Singh's Sabha to Lahore/Punjab.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Naujawan Bharat Sabha (1926) was founded in which city?
- (a)Kanpur
- (b)Lahore
- (c)Calcutta
- (d)Amritsar
Answer(b) Lahore.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Ambika Chakravarti was associated with which revolutionary action?
- (a)Kakori Conspiracy
- (b)Chittagong Armoury Raid (Surya Sen)
- (c)Lahore Conspiracy Case
- (d)Chauri Chaura incident
Answer(b) the Chittagong Armoury Raid, under Surya Sen.