Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s3.t4.2

v2.c14.s3.t4.2

In the first phase of their activities in China around the time of World War I, the Ghadar Party focussed on their aim of organising an armed uprising in India. They actively mobilised among the large number of Indian soldiers and policemen who formed a part of the British armed forces in Hong Kong and China, urging them to go back to India and fight. Since it was not easy to approach the soldiers’ barracks, they regularly used to contact them in the gurudwaras or places of worship of the Sikhs in China. They also used to bring out a publication known as ‘*Ghadar*’ (revolt), which circulated widely among these Indians.