Naujawan Bharat Sabha
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Naujawan Bharat Sabha was an association of India
n youth which was established at a convention held in April 1928 at the Jallianwala Bagh
in Amritsar
.
The aims of the Sabha were to create a youth wing of peasant
s and workers with a view to usher in revolution
in the country and overthrow the British rule. The Sabha remained active between March 1926 and April 1927..
CID. File NO.9349 relating to bhagat singh reads: "in the spring of 1926 a society known as the youth india association or naujawan bharat sabha
was formed at Lahore by a group of extremists. The avowed objects of the society are to prepare young men for political service, to popularize the use of 'khaddar' and to work for hindu-muslim unity, but proceedings of its weekly meetings show that it was thoroughly impregnated with revolutionory ideas."
The second conference of the Sabha was held on 24 February 1929 in Lahore. It was presided over by Sohan Singh Josh.
on 10 September 1934 under section 16(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908. After this the Sabha practically stopped functioning.
2) demand to substitute flag by red flag .
3) to treat religion as a personal matter ,seprate from politics.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n youth which was established at a convention held in April 1928 at the Jallianwala Bagh
Jallianwala Bagh
Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden in Amritsar in the Punjab province of India, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 to commemorate the murder of peaceful celebrators on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year on April 13, 1919 in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre...
in Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
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The aims of the Sabha were to create a youth wing of peasant
Peasant
A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...
s and workers with a view to usher in revolution
Revolution
A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...
in the country and overthrow the British rule. The Sabha remained active between March 1926 and April 1927..
CID. File NO.9349 relating to bhagat singh reads: "in the spring of 1926 a society known as the youth india association or naujawan bharat sabha
Naujawan Bharat Sabha
Naujawan Bharat Sabha was an association of Indian youth which was established at a convention held in April 1928 at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar....
was formed at Lahore by a group of extremists. The avowed objects of the society are to prepare young men for political service, to popularize the use of 'khaddar' and to work for hindu-muslim unity, but proceedings of its weekly meetings show that it was thoroughly impregnated with revolutionory ideas."
Conferences
The first conference of the Naujavan Bharat Sabha took place in Amritsar in 1928. It coincided with the political conference of the Punjab Congress Committee. The president of this Sabha was Kedarnath Sehgal. It set up a subcommittee, consisting of Sohan Singh Josh who was the chairman of the commitee, Ram Chander, M.A. Majid, Ehsan Ilahi, Professor Chhablldas, Copal Singh Qaumi and Hari Singh.The second conference of the Sabha was held on 24 February 1929 in Lahore. It was presided over by Sohan Singh Josh.
Unlawful Status
The Naujawa Bharat Sabha was declared unlawful by governmentGovernment
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
on 10 September 1934 under section 16(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908. After this the Sabha practically stopped functioning.
first conference
'in 1928 ,the punjab congress decided to hold a provincial conference on baisakhi at amritsar.three important resolution passed by the conference
1) change in object from the'achievment' of complete independence by all possible means ' to 'achievement of a completly independent sovereign socialist republic of peasants and workers by all possible means.2) demand to substitute flag by red flag .
3) to treat religion as a personal matter ,seprate from politics.