Question

The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of__
A. Anushilan Samiti
B. Abhinava Bharat
C. Abhinav Bharat Society
D. Ghadar Party of India

Answer 1

Hint:
 The Alipore Bomb Case was the trial of a number of revolutionaries in Calcutta. It was under the charges of waging war against the Government.

Complete answer:
The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of the Anushilan Samiti. The most famous accused people were Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh and 37 other Bengali nationalists of the Anushilan Samiti. Sri Aurobindo was acquitted of all the charges. It was the first state trial of any magnitude in India. The British government charged them with ‘Conspiracy’ or ‘Waging war against the King’. These offences were equivalent to high treason and punishable with death by hanging.

The under-trial prisoners were illegally held in the Presidency Jail and they were tortured. The final judgment was delivered by Judge Beachcroft in May 1909 after a trial of one year. The judge proclaimed that there were several evidence of flimsy nature against Sri Aurobindo.

Barindra Ghosh was the head of the secret society of revolutionaries and Ullaskar Dutt was the maker of bombs and both these people were given death penalty. Seventeen others were given varying terms of imprisonment of transportation and the rest were acquitted.

The partition of Benal in 1905 led to a general outburst of revolt favoring the rise of the extremist party and the great nationalist movement. The British govt. responded with severe repressive measures against this Swadeshi Agitation.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The aftermath of this trial led to curtailing the power of native Indian press in promoting nationalist messages with the Indian Press act of 1910 which allowed the provincial governments to demand punitive deposits from journals deemed hostile to the British Raj