Question

Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A. The famines of 1896 – 97 and 1899-1900
B. The partition of Bengal
C. The Surat Split
D. The Jallianwala Bagh episode

Answer 1

Hint: Aurobindo Ghose was an Indian philosopher, poet and Nationalist who devoted his life from 1902 to 1910 in the struggle to free India from British rule. The famous incident of 1905 under Lord Curzon who was the then viceroy of India brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement.

Complete answer: Lord Curzon was the viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. In 1905 he partitioned Bengal on communal lines to create a rift between the two communities that is Hindu and Muslims. This partition led to widespread protest and political unrest in the region against the British. It included NationalIst campaigns by a group of revolutionaries that included Aurobindo Ghose. In 1907 he attended the Surat sessions of Bengal which was a major showdown between the moderates and Nationalist(extremists) he led along with the nationalists along with Tilak and proposed his concerns for the repression that a country would face after the split of Surat. Aurobindo was politically active from 1902 to 1910 and withdrew himself from all the political activists and went to Chandannagar while the Britishers were trying to prosecute him for sedition based on his articles.
Therefore, the correct answer is option-B.

Note: Bipin Chandra pal had started a newspaper to publicly criticize the British activities and policies in India and named it as Bande Mataram. The editor of this newspaper was Aurobindo Ghose. In 1908 Aurobindo was arrested in the false Alipore bomb case by the British government. He passed away in 1950 in Pondicherry.