Question

Consider the following statements, regarding India House:
A) It was formed by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London.
B) It served as the overseas planning and coordination centre for revolutionary activities in India.
C) It organized protest meetings and conferences against British policies
Which of the statements given above is/are correct
1. A and B
2. B and C
3. Only C
4. A, B, C

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : A, B, C

The Correct answer is A, B, C.

• India House was a student residence that existed between 1905 and 1910 at Cromwell Avenue in Highgate, North London.
• The house was opened on 1 July 1905 by H. M. Hyndman in Highgate. Other prominent figures present at the opening included Dadabhai Naoroji, Charlotte Despard and Bhikaji Cama.
• It was opened to promote nationalist views among Indian students in Britain.
• This institute used to grant scholarships to Indian youths for higher studies in England.
• The building rapidly became a hub for political activism, one of the most prominent for overseas revolutionary Indian nationalism.
• Patrons of India House published an anti-colonialist newspaper, "The Indian Sociologist", which the British Raj banned citing it as "seditious".
• A number of prominent Indian revolutionaries and nationalists were associated with the India House, including Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bhikaji Cama, V.N. Chatterjee, Lala Har Dayal, V.V.S. Aiyar, M.P.T. Acharya and P.M. Bapat.
• It also served as the headquarters of many other organisations. Prominent of them included the India Home Rule Society.
• After Shyamji Varma, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar became the new leader of the India House.
• India House later hosted both the Abhinav Bharat Society and its relatively peaceful front the Free India Society,
• Shyamji Krishna Varma had set up the India House in 1904 in London, after his disenchantment from Congress methods. Hence statement A is Correct.
• It forwarded the Indian revolutionary cause and its participants included Veer Savarkar, Madame Cama, Sardar Singh Rana, V.V.S. Iyer and Virendranath Chattopadhaya, Madhanlal Dhingra etc. Hence statement B is Correct.
• Outstanding Indians in London were called in to protest against British Barbarism at a political conference at Barisal. 
• Those Indians included V.J.Patel (the elder brother of Sardar Patel), and Bhai Parmanand. Hence statement C is Correct.