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Who among the following founded the 'Anushilan Samiti' in Calcutta in 1902 as a prominent revolutionary secret society?
A. Pramathanath Mitra✓ Correct Answer
B. Bhupendranath Datta
C. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
D. Rash Behari Bose
💡 Solution & Explanation
Pramathanath Mitra founded the Calcutta Anushilan Samiti in 1902 as an early revolutionary organization aimed at ending British colonial rule through revolutionary action. Other leaders like Barindra Kumar Ghosh joined subsequently to expand its network and publish revolutionary literature like Yugantar. The society played a foundational role in the early twentieth-century freedom movement in Bengal.
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