GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Shyamji Krishna Varma set up the India House in London to work for India’s freedom in the year
A
1904
B
1905
C
1906
D
1907
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Shyamji Krishna Varma founded the ‘Indian Home Rule Society’ in London. He came to Britain in 1879 as a Sanskrit scholar. Indian Home Rule Society in London was established in 1905. He also established India House in Highgate (at 65 Cromwell Avenue) in London in 1905.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organisation was founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma, with support from a number of prominent Indian nationalists in Britain at the time including Bhikaji Cama, Dadabhai Naoroji and Sardarsinhji Ravaji S. R. Rana.

Detailed explanation-3: -About: Not to be confused with the offices of the Indian Embassy in Aldwych, India House was set up as a hostel for Indian students and became a hotbed for Indian revolutionaries in Europe. The House was opened on 1 July 1905 by H. M. Hyndman in Highgate.

There is 1 question to complete.