Consider the following statements with respect to the Ram Prasad Bismil 1 He was one of the founding...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to the Ram Prasad Bismil:

1. He was one of the founding members of the Hindustan Republican Association.

2. He started a revolutionary organization named Matrivedi.

3. He wrote a famous poem Mainpuri ki Pratigya.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Only one

Only two

All three

None

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Explanation:

Ram Prasad Bismil
The 126th birth anniversary of Ram Prasad Bismil, a revered symbol of patriotism and Hindu-Muslim unity, was commemorated recently
He joined the Arya Samaj and became a prolific writer and poet. o He wrote patriotic verses in Hindi and Urdu under pen names like ‘Agyat’, ‘Ram’, and the one that is most known ‘Bismil’.
He wrote the poem Mera Janm (My Birth), venting out his anger over the death sentence handed out to Arya Samaj missionary Bhai Parmanand.
o The Mainpuri Conspiracy, 1918 ? Bismil started a revolutionary organization called Matrivedi (The Altar of the Motherland) and joined forces with fellow revolutionary Genda Lal Dixit. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Dixit was well-connected with the dacoits of the state and wanted to utilize them in the armed struggle against the British.
In 1918, Bismil wrote the famous poem, Mainpuri ki Pratigya. Hence statement 3 is correct.
In order to collect funds for their parties, he carried out at least 3 instances of looting at government offices in the Mainpuri district.
Hindustan Republican Association, 1923
Ashfaqullah Khan and Bismil found the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) in 1923. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Aim: Winning freedom for the country through an armed revolution. ? HSRA published a manifesto titled “The Revolutionary” in 1925.
? It was renamed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA), in 1928. o Kakori Conspiracy, 1925
In August 1925, an armed robbery took place on board the Kakori Express which was going from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. It was carrying money that had been collected at various railway stations and was to be deposited in Lucknow.
In this planned robbery, carried out to fund the activities of the HSRA, Bismil, Khan and over 10 other revolutionaries stopped the train and fled with the cash they found in it.
Within a month of the robbery, many members of the HSRA were arrested.
In September 1926, Bismil was arrested. After 18 month's trial, Bismil was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on December 19, 1927.
Ghulami Mita Do was his famous poem that denotes he was not willing to negotiate or beg for his country’s freedom, if the British did not accede, he was willing to take it by force.