Which revolutionary organisation was established at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi in 1928? 

The correct answer is the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

Key Points

• Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA):
  • Hindustan Republic Association at a historic meeting in the ruins of Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi was converted into Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in September 1928.
  • Under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad, the name of HRA was changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
  • The participants included Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Bhagwaticharan Vohra from Punjab and Bejoy Kumar Sinha, Shiv Verma, and Jaidev Kapur from the United Provinces.
  • The HSRA decided to work under a collective leadership and adopted socialism as its official goal.

Additional Information

• Bharat Naujawan Sabha was established in 1926 by revolutionary leaders like Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev.
  • The organization aimed to awaken the youth of India against British colonial rule and instill revolutionary ideas, promoting socialism and the rights of workers.

• Hindustan Republican Association/Army:

  • The HRA was founded in October 1924 in Kanpur by Ramprasad Bismil, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee and Sachin Sanyal, with an aim to organise an armed revolution to overthrow the colonial government and establish in its place the Federal Republic of United States of India whose basic principle would be an adult franchise.

• The Home Rule Society was founded in 1916 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant.

  • ​The primary objective of the society was to secure self-rule for India through constitutional means.