Berlin Committee

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The Berlin Committee was an Indian nationalist organization formed in Germany during World War I that sought to secure German support to overthrow British rule in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian nationalist organization
World War I-era organization
revolutionary organization
activeDuring World War I
alsoKnownAs Berlin Indian Committee
Indian Independence Committee
areaOfOperations Afghanistan
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Switzerland
collaboratedWith German Foreign Office
Ghadar Party
Ottoman authorities
countryOfFormation German Empire
dissolved circa 1918
goal Indian independence
overthrow of British rule in India
hasLocation Berlin
historicalPeriod Indian independence movement before 1919
ideology Indian nationalism
inception 1914
involvedIn Afghan mission of 1915
Indo-German conspiracy
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
Hindi
movement Indian independence movement
notableMember Abinash Bhattacharya
Bhupendranath Datta
Champak Raman Pillai
Chempakaraman Pillai
Har Dayal
linked to: Lala Har Dayal

Maulavi Barkatullah
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
opposedTo British Empire
British rule in India
organized efforts to incite mutiny in British Indian Army
missions to Afghanistan
plans for armed insurrection in India
propaganda against British rule in India
partOf Hindu–German Conspiracy
placeOfFormation Berlin
politicalPosition anti-colonial
reasonForDissolution defeat of the Central Powers in World War I
soughtSupportFrom German Empire
Ottoman Empire
supportedBy German Foreign Office
German intelligence services

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Hindu–German Conspiracy relatedTo Berlin Committee