At which place was the Hindustan Socialist 'Republican Association formed in 1928?
The correct answer is Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi.
- The Hindustan Socialist 'Republican Association formed in 1928 at Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi.
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
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Hindustan Republican Association/Army:
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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.
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