The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle
The Ghadar Movement was conceived in 1913 in the United States of America by Lala Har Dayal, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Harnam Singh Tundilat and others, all of them Indian immigrants. Inspired by Tilak, Savarkar, Madam Cama and Shyamaji Krishnavarma, among others, the Ghadar plan was to smuggle arms to India and incite Indians in the British-Indian Army to mutiny. Many Ghadarites, most of them from Punjab, came back to India from the US to participate in the struggle.
In India, revolutionaries such as Rash Behari Bose and Vishnu Ganesh Pingle joined them.
Owing to lapses in planning and the presence of informers in their midst, the plan ultimately failed and the British came down heavily on the conspirators.
Some, such as Kartar Singh Sarabha (who inspired a young Bhagat Singh), were sentenced to death for their part in the struggle. Many others suffered long and cruel jail sentences in the Andamans.
Carefully researched and breezily narrated, Rana Preet Gill's The Ghadar Movement is an accurate portrait of the struggle.
| Brand | Penguin |
| ISBN/SKU | 9780670099900 |
| Imprint | Penguin |
| Language | English |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 288 |
| Year of Pub. | 2025 |
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