Leader of the Ghadar Party — UPSC Prelims PYQ 1998
Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?
- Bhagat Singh
- Lala Hardayal
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- V. D. Savarkar
Explanation
Option (b) is correct
- The Ghadar Party grew out of the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association founded in San Francisco in 1913 by Lala Hardayal; this organization was popularly called the Ghadar Party and its journal Ghadar began publication from San Francisco on November 1, 1913. While Sohan Singh Bhakna served as the association’s president, contemporary sources and party rosters list Lala Hardayal as the key founding leader and organizer (often recorded as general secretary/editor of the Ghadar paper), confirming his leadership role in the movement’s inception and direction.
Answer: (b) Lala Hardayal
