Study Guide · Chapter 6
Revolutionary Nationalism Abroad
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- India House (London): Founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma (1905) as a hostel and hub for Indian students in London, which became a centre of radical nationalist activity; associated figures included V.D. Savarkar (who wrote The Indian War of Independence 1857 while there, and was later associated with the Hindu Mahasabha and Hindutva ideology in his later political career) and Madan Lal Dhingra (who assassinated British official Sir William Curzon Wyllie in London in 1909, and was subsequently executed).
- Berlin Committee (Indian Independence Committee): Formed by Indian revolutionaries in Germany during WWI (including Virendranath Chattopadhyay), seeking German support (as Britain's wartime enemy) for Indian independence — part of the broader wartime "Indo-German Conspiracy" that also connected to Ghadar Party plans.
- M.N. Roy (Manabendra Nath Roy): Originally involved in Bengal revolutionary circles, later travelled internationally and became a founding figure of the Communist Party of Mexico and subsequently a key early figure in international communism and the origins of the Communist Party of India, illustrating how some revolutionary nationalists' trajectories evolved toward international socialist/communist politics.
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