Question 1

The journal Bande Mataram, published from Paris, was edited by which revolutionary freedom fighter?

Accepted Answer

Bhikaiji Cama — Bhikaiji Cama published the revolutionary journal Bande Mataram from Paris, part of the wider network of Indian revolutionary activity operating from Europe in the early 20th century, alongside Shyamji Krishna Varma's separate London-based Indian Sociologist.

Question 2

The Indian Sociologist, an anti-colonial newspaper published from London, was founded by:

Accepted Answer

Shyamji Krishna Varma — Shyamji Krishna Varma founded The Indian Sociologist in London and also established India House, a hub for Indian revolutionary students in Britain — Savarkar and Madan Lal Dhingra were both closely associated with this same London-based revolutionary network.

Question 3

The journal Ghadar, published in San Francisco in Punjabi, Urdu, and English, was launched in 1913 by the:

Accepted Answer

Ghadar Party — The Ghadar Party, formed largely by Indian immigrants on the US West Coast, launched its multilingual Ghadar journal in 1913 to mobilize overseas Indians against British rule — a distinct revolutionary network from the separate London-based India House or the Berlin Committee.

Question 4

The book The Indian War of Independence 1857, which characterized the revolt as a planned national war, was authored by:

Accepted Answer

V.D. Savarkar — Savarkar's The Indian War of Independence 1857 controversially argued the revolt was a planned, coordinated national uprising rather than a spontaneous mutiny — a nationalist historiographical interpretation later contested by historians like S.N. Sen and R.C. Majumdar, who offered more cautious assessments.

Question 5

The official government historian appointed to write the history of the 1857 Revolt who authored Eighteen Fifty-Seven was:

Accepted Answer

Surendra Nath Sen — Surendra Nath Sen was commissioned by the Government of India to write the official centenary history Eighteen Fifty-Seven (1957) — a more measured, source-based assessment than Savarkar's earlier nationalist framing, though still debated by later historians.

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