The Ghadar Movement | Hardcover

The Ghadar Movement by Rana Preet Gill | India's Revolutionary Struggle

Introduction

The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle by Rana Preet Gill explores the revolutionary movement formed by Indian immigrants in the United States in the early twentieth century to challenge British colonial rule. Through its history, key figures, failed plans, and severe consequences, the book brings attention to an important chapter of India's independence struggle.

About This Book

The Ghadar Movement emerged in 1913 among Indian immigrants in the United States, with revolutionary figures including Lala Har Dayal, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Sohan Singh Bhakna, and Harnam Singh Tundilat. Influenced by earlier nationalist and revolutionary thinkers, the movement sought to organise resistance to British rule and encourage rebellion within the British-Indian Army.

Many Ghadar activists returned to India to participate directly in the revolutionary effort. In India, figures such as Rash Behari Bose and Vishnu Ganesh Pingle became associated with the movement and its plans to organise an uprising.

The revolutionary plans ultimately failed because of problems in coordination and the presence of informers. The British authorities responded with arrests, prosecutions, executions, and long prison sentences, including incarceration in the Andaman Islands. The story of Kartar Singh Sarabha, who later inspired Bhagat Singh, is among the important individual narratives associated with this movement.

What You’ll Discover

• Origins of the Ghadar Movement: Learn how Indian immigrants in the United States organised a revolutionary campaign in 1913.
• Revolutionary leaders: Meet figures such as Lala Har Dayal, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Harnam Singh Tundilat, Rash Behari Bose, and Vishnu Ganesh Pingle.
• The revolutionary strategy: Explore the movement's plans to send arms to India and encourage mutiny within the British-Indian Army.
• Return to India: Follow the Ghadarites who travelled back to India to participate in the revolutionary struggle.
• Planning and betrayal: Examine how organisational weaknesses and informers contributed to the failure of the uprising.
• British repression: Discover the arrests, trials, executions, and imprisonment that followed the failed revolutionary efforts.
• Kartar Singh Sarabha: Learn about the young revolutionary whose legacy later influenced Bhagat Singh.
• A lesser-known chapter of independence: Gain a broader understanding of the revolutionary movements that contributed to India's struggle against British rule.

Perfect For

• Readers interested in India's freedom movement
• Students of modern Indian history
• Readers exploring revolutionary movements and anti-colonial resistance
• Those interested in Kartar Singh Sarabha, Bhagat Singh, and Ghadar history
• History enthusiasts and researchers
• Readers of Indian political and revolutionary history

Why You’ll Love This Book

The Ghadar Movement brings an important revolutionary chapter of India's history into focus, tracing the movement from its origins among Indian immigrants overseas to its efforts to organise an uprising in India and the harsh consequences that followed its failure.

Through its focus on individual revolutionaries, organisational challenges, and the wider colonial context, this hardcover provides readers with a clearer understanding of the sacrifices and risks undertaken by those who sought to challenge British rule through revolutionary action.