Barrah dacoity — UPSC Prelims PYQ 1995

The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the Indian freedom movement in:

1. Bombay Karnataka
2. Punjab
3. East Bengal
4. The Madras Presidency

Explanation

Option (c) is correct

• The 1908 Barrah Dacoity was a major revolutionary action in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) planned by Pulin Behari Das and the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti to fund the independence movement.

Answer: (c) Easy Bengal