Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s3.t4.3

v2.c14.s3.t4.3

The other aim of the Ghadar Party in China was to urge unity among Indians and Chinese against their common imperialist oppressors. An early poem in their publication ‘*Ghadar ki Gunj*’ translates as follows: “Oh Brother, do not fight in a war against the Chinese. Beware of the enemy. He should not deceptively instigate you to fight your Chinese brothers. The enemy splits brothers and makes them kill each other. The people of Hind, China and Turkey are real brothers.” This makes them one of the earliest Indian political organisations to openly denounce the British practice of using Indians in their wars against the Chinese people. Records show that they received definite support from various sympathetic Chinese, including some leading Chinese political figures of the time.