Q. Who founded the Hindustan Republican Association? [UPPSC 2015]
Answer: Ram Prasad Bismil
Notes: The Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was founded by revolutionaries including Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee in 1924 in Kanpur, aiming for an armed revolution to achieve Indian independence and establish a federal republic. Key members also included Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, and Chandrashekhar Azad, with the group later evolving into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).