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Explain the fierce revolutionary movements in Gujarat.

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Revolutionary Movement in Gujarat:

  1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was the pioneer of armed revolution in Gujarat. But he remained behind the curtain.
  2. His brother Baarindra Kumar Ghosh remained in the forefront.
  3. He arrived in Gujarat and moved towards the southern part. ‘
  4. He met Sakaria Swami on the bank of Narmada who was assocaited with Queen of Jhansi.
  5. Baarindra Kumar involved some of the middle-class youth from Vadodara, Charotar region, Ahmedabad, Mehsana in the revolution.
  6. In this selection, the buggy of Viceroy Minto was bombed outside at Raipur Darwaja in Ahmedabad.
  7. Shri Aurobindo Ghosh described the scheme for revolution in his book named ‘Bhavani Mandir’
  8. It was also translated into Gujarati and published in the journal ‘Dakshina’.
  9. Besides this, booklets with titles like ‘Deshi Vanaspati Davao’, ‘Nahavana Sabu Banavvani Reet’, ‘Kasrat’, ‘Gulab no kisso’, ‘Kayada no Sangrah’ etc. were published in order to spread the through of revolution, so that Britishers won’t understand!
  10. These booklets contained methods of preparing bombs.
  11. ‘Ganganath Vidyalaya’ was established near Chandod-Kamali, where secret revolutionary activities were carried out.
  12. Many Gujarati youth joined these revolutionary activities against whom Stem action was taken by the government.
  13. But the fight did not stop and finally government realized that suppression would not help to rale over India.


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