Question

Who set up the first secret organisation ‘Mitra Mela’?
a.V.D. Savarkar
b.Khudiram bose
c.Bhagat Singh
d.Chandra Shekar Azad

Answer 1

Hint: Started by two brothers in 1899, this secret society, established in Nasik, eventually came to be known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ and was formally disbanded in 1952.

Complete solution: As the name suggests, a secret society or a secret organisation is a club whose ideas, works and plans etc are hidden from the non members, in most of the cases, people around are not even aware of the kind of work carried on within these clubs.

‘Mitra Mela’ was also one such secret organization functioning in Maharashtra which believed in throwing away the British Raj through arms rebellion and ended up extending its branches to London. This club had a lot of members nationwide and carried out assassinations of several British officials. In 1904, when a meeting was attended by more than 200 revolutionaries, the founder of the society, renamed ‘Mitra Mela’ to ‘Abhinav Bharat’, a name taken after Guissepe Mazzini’s Young Italy.

Now we can very easily recall who were the two brothers starting this society, after reading and understanding this comprehensive introduction about ‘Mitra Mela’. Moreover, since the club was primarily functioning in and around Maharashtra initially, we know that out of the four alternatives given to us, only V.D. Savarkar was the one hailing from Maharashtra.

This society was formed and founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Savarkar, hence option ‘a’ is the correct answer.

Note: The society was founded in 1899, while the famous name ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was given only in 1904, so do not get confused with the inception date of the club between 1899 and 1904.