Q. What is common among Madam Bhikaji Cama, M. Barkatulla, V.V.S. Iyer and M.N. Roy?
Answer: All of them were among the prominent revolutionaries outside India operating in different countries during the Freedom Movement
Notes: • Bhikaiji Rustom Cama was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement. On August 22, 1907, Madam Bhikaji Cama became the first person to hoist Indian flag on foreign soil in Stuttgart in Germany.
• Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah was an Indian revolutionary with sympathy for the Pan-Islamic movement.
• Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar was an Indian revolutionary from Tamil Nadu who fought against the British occupation of India. His contemporaries include Subramanya Bharathi and V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who subscribed to the militant form of resistance against the British.
• Manabendra Nath Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.