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56 I Ramnalh
a fu nction of a moral economy-although in this case, the
text somewhat mysteriously added, "to defray the expenses of
establishing the future kingly power."19 Again two tendencies
coexist. Which would prevail ? Or would they diverge ?
Thus prepared, the Maniktola Garden gang launched
a series of bombings, dacoities, and assassination attempts
between 1906 and 1908. ell Harsh punitive reaction then enfo
rced a lull in militant activities, effectively muzzling the
radical press, preventing meetings, and accelerating convictions
and deportations. All of this, by making open dissent
so difficult within British India, simply increased clandestine
activity and injected fresh blood into the radical
communi tv overseas.
london
Oxford lecturer and sometime-theosophist Shyamaji
Krishnavarma had founded the Indian Home Rule Society
in London a mere six months before the partition of
Bengal.21 He stated three official objectives fo r the organization:
to secure Indian home rule (obviously), carry on
propaganda in the United Kingdom for this purpose, and
spread among the people ofIndia greater knowledge of the
advantages offreedom and national unityY An important
element of this enterprise was the notoriously "seditious
. .. penny monthly"21 the Indian Sociologist, which
Krishnavarma founded and edited with the aid oflongterm
ally Henry Mayers Hyndman, a "high-minded English
gentleman" and prominent socialist. Printed in English as