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ideology was the Ghadr newspaper. Besides the party published
Hindustan Ghadr, Sudesh Sevak, Jugantar, Hindustan, San Francisco,
'India and Canada' and 'Social Sudhar' were other important
publications. The Ghadr literature, particularly, the Ghadr newspaper
had its readership in America, Canada, Far East and India. Ghadr Di
Gunj and Ghadr Sandesha were the collection of poems most of which
were published in Ghadr newspaper. It is interesting to note that these
poems became more popular than the Ghadr newspaper because being in
poetical form the people use to memorise them. Besides these writings
Tilk, Nadir Masjid, Rikeb Ganj, Canada Da Dukhra etc. were published.
Although Bhai Parmanand's Tarikh-i-Hind appears to be a doubtful
Ghadr Party literature. 64
Distribution of revolutionary literature in India was a major
programme of the Ghadr Party. In one issue of the Ghadr it was
emphasised that, "we need to send Ghadr to India in lakhs. We will
publish newspapers and books and send them to India". It was also
decided that a press be established at Rangoon in order to publish the
Ghadr in English, Urdu, Gurmukhi and Hindi languages to be distributed
in native local units, towns and villages and as its number increased
minds of the people would turn against the government and war and
revolt could be started in India. Although the Ghadr Party could not
succeed to dispatch Ghadr newspaper and Ghadr literature to India in
large quantity but a large number of publications were reached to the
Ghadr Party members in the countries of the far East. Moreover the great
success which the Ghadr newspaper achieved in inciting Indians in
America is remarkable. 65 The shifting of Ghadr party headquarter from
Amritsar to Lahore was aimed at to establish a printing press there. But
64 Ibid.
65 Jagjit Singh, op. cit., p.271.