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Difficulty: MediumRevolutionary Movements, Left-Wing Currents, and the Indian National Army

Match the revolutionary and left-wing organizations formed during the Indian freedom struggle listed under Column I with their respective key leaders or founders listed under Column II.

  • Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (1928)Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh
  • Indian Independence League (Tokyo Conference, 1942)Rash Behari Bose
  • Congress Socialist Party (1934)Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Communist Party of India formed at Tashkent (1920)M. N. Roy and Abani Mukherji

Answer

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (1928) matches Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh; Indian Independence League (Tokyo Conference, 1942) matches Rash Behari Bose; Congress Socialist Party (1934) matches Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan; Communist Party of India formed at Tashkent (1920) matches M. N. Roy and Abani Mukherji.
Each organization matches its historically documented founders/leaders: the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA, 1928) was spearheaded by Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh; the Indian Independence League was organized in Tokyo in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose; the Congress Socialist Party (1934) was led by Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan; and the Communist Party of India (Tashkent group, 1920) was set up by M. N. Roy and Abani Mukherji.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the leadership of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
HSRA was established in September 1928 by revolutionaries including Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, and Sukhdev.
This reorganised HRA by adopting socialism as its official goal.
2
Identify the founder-leader of the Indian Independence League at the Tokyo Conference.
Rash Behari Bose led the conference in Tokyo (1942) to unite Indian expatriates in Southeast Asia.
He subsequently invited Subhas Chandra Bose to take over the leadership of the Indian National Army and League.
3
Identify the key founders of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP).
Acharya Narendra Deva (President) and Jayaprakash Narayan (General Secretary) founded the CSP in 1934.
They sought to steer the Indian National Congress towards a radical socio-economic program.
4
Identify the organizers of the Tashkent group of the Communist Party of India.
M. N. Roy along with Abani Mukherji and others formed the party group in Tashkent in October 1920.
It was created under the auspices of the Comintern after the 2nd World Congress.

Key Concept

Founders, organizations, and leadership of revolutionary and left-wing currents during the Indian National Movement
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Revolutionary Movements, Left-Wing Currents, and the Indian National Army