UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 3

● The inaugural issue of Young India, the official organ of the New-York based India Home Rule League of America (IHRLA) was published in January1918.
● The IHRLA was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, who resided in the United States from 1914-1919.
● Servants of the People Society was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in 1921 at Lahore, which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. Hence, both the statements is correct.
● NOTE - The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association.
● After partition, the Society was shifted to Delhi and is operating since then at Lajpat Bhawan, Lajpat Nagar.
● The object of the Society is to enlist and train national missionaries for the service of the motherland.
● It was their duty to work for the educational, cultural, social, economic and political advancement of the country under the supervision of the Society.