Abhinav Bharat Society

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Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by V.D. Savarkar in 1904. Initially founded at Nasik while still a student Fergusson College at Pune, the society developed from an organisation called Mitra Mela. In 1906, Savarkar, during his stay at India House in London, extended the organisation, which became a meeting ground for radical Indian nationalists. Some cite influences of Mazzini's Young Italy in the organisation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Magadi 2006, p. 199
^ Jaffrelot 1996, p. 26
^ Puniyani 2005, p. 212

Jaffrelot, Christofer (1996), The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 1850653011.
Magadi, Ranganathan (2006), India Rises in the West., Ranganathan Magadi, ISBN 1430301058.
Puniyani, Ram (2005), Religion, power & violence, SAGE Publications, ISBN 0761933387.