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Answer in one sentence each.

(a) Why did the Chaphekar brothers kill Rand?


(b) What is meant by ‘Gadar’?


(c) Why did Bhagat Singh and Rajguru kill Saunders?

(a) Rand, the plague commissioner had resorted to tyranny and coercion in the course of containing the epidemic of plague in Pune in 1897. This incident provoked the Chaphekar brothers who killed him in revenge.


(b) The literal meaning of the term ‘Gadar’ is revolt.


(c) Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Saunders in order to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai.


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(Dr Khankhoje, Lala Hardayal, Pt Shyamji Krishna Verma)


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(a) What were the main objectives of the revolutionaries?


(b) Write about the work of ‘India House’.


(c) Write a brief account of the Chittagong armoury raid.

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Give Reasons.

(a) Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Datta hurled a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly.


(b) Madanlal Dhingra was hanged.


(c) The revolutionaries whisked away the government treasure near Kakori railway station.

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