Identifier: youngindiainterp01lajp Title: Young India; an interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: Lajpat Rai, Lala, 1865-1928 Subjects: Publisher: New York, B.W. Huebsch Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: hat there are some theists among them, i, e,, theistsin the Western sense of the term. The man whoshot Gossain, the first approver^ in Bengal, was a 5 It was in the first half of the year 1908 that the first bombwas thrown at Muzaffarpur, Behar. It was meant for aMagistrate who had been passing sentences of whipping onnationahst youths, but by mistake it struck a quite innocentperson. The investigation of this case resulted in the dis-covery of a big conspiracy. The trial of this conspiracy isknown by the name Maniktolah Bomb Case from the factthat the headquarters of this conspiracy were alleged to havebeen in the Maniktolah gardens, Calcutta. One of the con-spirators Narendra Nath Gossain became an approver. Afterthe case had been committed for trial before the SessionsCourt and when the approver and the accused were bothlodged in jail at Alipore, one of the leaders of the con-spiracy shot the approver dead with a rifle which had beensmuggled into the jail premises by their friends.

Text Appearing After Image: Har Dayal TYPES OF NATIONALISTS 195 Brahmo (member of the Brahmo Samaj). Theyhave some Mohammedans and some Christians, too,among them. Brahm Bhandu Bandhopadhyai ^ wasa Christian at one time. These people have follow-ers and adherents throughout India, in the Punjab,in the United Provinces, in Maharastra, in Gujrat,in Behar, in Rajputana, even in Madras. Advocates of Organised Rebellion. (2) Next inorder come those who differ from the first in so faras they do not believe in individual murders ordacoities. For traitors and approvers even theyhave no mercy, but they would not murder indi-vidual British officers or Indians in the service of theGovernment; nor would they rob private persons.They are for organised rebellion, for tampering withthe army, for raising the standard of revolt, and forcarrying on a guerilla war. For the purposes ofthis rebellion or war they may do and will do any-thing that is necessary to be done; but otherwise theywould neither murder nor loot. Har Dayal. To

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