chapter-2 political movements

The Babbers also mention examples of the women during the medieval
period when the wives use to send husbands in wars. 185
NAUJWAN BHARAT SABHA
The third political movement under examination is the Naujwan
Bharat Sabha that was formed in March 1926. It was declared unlawful
by the British in 1927. However, the Sabha was revived in April 1928
by the efforts of the Lahore Communists and the Kirti Group. The main
objective of the Naujwan Sabha was the complete independence of the
country from foreign yoke which was possible by mobilizing all the
workers, peasants and other anti-imperial forces, thereby overthrowing
British imperialism and its allies by mass action and establishing a
workers and peasants republic in India. Their first task was to organise
labourers and peasants by means of generating awareness through the
newspapers and setting up libraries of socialist literature in certain
villages. 186
The Sabha also included to organise debate on issues related to
morality, literature, social issues, popularizing of Sawadeshi products,
equality and protection of different Indian culture. Although the
Naujwan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat Singh but it got help and
cooperation from Kidar Nath Sehgal, Sardool Singh 'Cavesshar', Mehta
Anand Kishore, Sodhi Pindi Das and Camrade Ram Chander. During the
summar of 1926 many meetings of the Sabha were organised in which the
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186 S.D. Gajrani, Punjab 1920-1945 : Agrarian Problems and Role of Peasanty in
Freedom Struggle, Commonwealth, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 261-62.