Ghadar Party

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The Ghadar Party was an early 20th-century revolutionary organization of Indian expatriates, mainly in North America, dedicated to overthrowing British rule in India through armed struggle and insurrection.

Aliases (7)
  • Hindustan Ghadar ×2
  • Ghadar (meaning revolt or mutiny) ×1
  • Ghadar (mutiny or revolt) against British rule ×1
  • Ghadar Mutiny plot during World War I ×1
  • Ghadar Party literature ×1
  • Ghadar newspaper ×1
  • World War I Ghadar conspiracy ×1

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence movement organization
political organization
revolutionary organization
basedIn San Francisco
composedOf Hindu immigrants from Punjab
Indian expatriates
Muslim immigrants from Punjab
Punjabi Sikh immigrants
countryOfOrigin India
dissolved circa 1948
faced repression by British colonial authorities
foundedAt San Francisco
foundedBy Indian expatriates in North America
Lala Har Dayal
Sohan Singh Bhakna
goal establish an independent India
overthrow British rule in India
hasPart Yugantar Ashram (San Francisco base)
headquartersLocation California
San Francisco
United States
historicalPeriod early 20th century
ideology Indian nationalism
anti-colonialism
revolutionary nationalism
inception 1913
influenced later Indian revolutionary movements
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu
mainRegionOfActivity India
North America
method armed struggle
insurrection
motto Ghadar (mutiny or revolt) against British rule
movement Indian independence movement
namedAfter Ghadar (meaning revolt or mutiny)
notableMember Baba Gurdit Singh
Bhagat Singh Bilga
Bhai Parmanand
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Lala Har Dayal
Rashbehari Bose
Sohan Singh Bhakna
Tarak Nath Das
opposedTo British Empire
British rule in India
participatedIn Ghadar Mutiny plot during World War I
Hindu–German Conspiracy
publication Ghadar newspaper
Hindustan Ghadar
publisherOf Ghadar newspaper
Hindustan Ghadar
significantEvent World War I Ghadar conspiracy
typeOfRepression trials and executions of members
usedPrintingPressAt Yugantar Ashram, San Francisco

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ghadar Party ("Hindustan Ghadar")
Ghadar Party ("Ghadar newspaper")
publication
Bhagat Singh ("Ghadar Party literature")
influencedBy
Ghadar Party ("Ghadar (mutiny or revolt) against British rule")
motto
Ghadar Party ("Ghadar (meaning revolt or mutiny)")
namedAfter
Indian independence movement
organization
Ghadar Party ("Ghadar Mutiny plot during World War I")
participatedIn
Ghadar Party ("Hindustan Ghadar")
publisherOf
Ghadar Party ("World War I Ghadar conspiracy")
significantEvent

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