NAUJAWAN BHARAT SABHA 39 ment in 1930 led by Gandhi acquired enormous strength in terms of mass participation. (Concluded) 1 National Archives of India (NAT), file 130 & KW/1930, Home Political (HP), p 41. 3 Yashpal, Sinhavalocan, Lucknow, Viplav Karyalaya, 1964, p 137. s NAI, 130 & KW/1930, HP, p 42. 4 Yashpal, op cit., p 137. s NAI, 128/1928, HP, Monthly report. 8 Sohan Singh Josh, My Meeting with Bhagat Singh and on other Early Revolutionaries, New Delhi, 1976, pp 21-22. 7 NAI, 130 & KW/1930, HP. • Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography, New Delhi, 1962, pp 175-176. 9 NAI, 130 & KW/1930, HP, p 44. i9 Ibid; 11 M L Dhingra was a young revolutionary who killed Sir Gurzon Wylie in 1907 in London. 12 NAI. 130 & KW/1930, p 44. " Ibid. u Ibid. 15 Ibid. 16 The Tribune, January 21, 1930. The UP central secretary of the Sabha, Ram Saran Dasjohry, toured the state and established branches in Khurja, Bulandshahr, Sikanderabad, Saharanpur and Dehra Dun. 17 UP police secret abstract, November 2, 1929, para 686. See S K Mittal, "The Role of Mecrut College in the Freedom Struggle of India", Social Scientist. November 1978. 18 NAI, 498/1930, HP. 19 Maharashtra State Archives, Home Dept fSpl Branch), F No 141 (674-D^ of 1931 (Naujawan Bharat Sabha), Bombay. 29 NAI, 244 & KW/1930, HP, p 6. 2! NAL 130 & KW/1930, HP, p 47. 28 Ibid. 23 Master Mota Singh was a revolutionary, who was imprisoned for seven years and who worked with the Babbar Akalis. He was also a prominent communist leader of the province. 24 NAI, 130 & KW/1930, HP. Kichlew presided over this meeting and the audience consisted of all comTiunities, traders, businessmen, shopkeepers and students. It was attended by prominent leaders like Ajit Singh of N B Sabha, Gurbaksh Singh. Sohan Singh Sevak, Sikandar Khizr, Fcrozc Din Mansoor, Sant Ram Seth, Sant Ram Arora, Daud (^haznavi, Hasanuddin, Ratan Singh Azad, Mool Singh Ghaurinda, Bhagwan Singh Langowal, Amokh Singh, Nudharak and Master Mota Singh. ^ The Tribnne, December 28, 1929. 26 NAI, 17/1929. This conference was presided over by Subhash Ghandra Bose and was attended by a large number of students from the local college. 27 Ibid. M Ibid. Pandit Shiv Dutt Ranga speaking at the Naujawan Bharat Sabha meeting held at Multan on Octobsr I, 1929, uttered a word of warning to the Congress leaders to stand clear of the way of the young men . 29 The Tribune, February 15, 1930. to The Tribune, March 19, 1930. March 20 was the day when the Meerut prisoners were arrested. »1 NAI, 498/1930, HP, p 17. ^ Ibid.