Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath Mukherjee) planned an armed insurrection against the British during the First World War with the help of:

Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath Mukherjee), a leading revolutionary of Bengal, planned an armed insurrection against the British during the First World War with the help of Germany; this plan is known as the "German Plot" or the "Hindu-German Conspiracy".

About the plan:

• During the war, Germany was Britain's enemy, and it was willing to help Indian revolutionaries.
• The Berlin Committee (Indian Independence Committee), formed by Indian revolutionaries in Germany, arranged for German arms and money to be sent to India.
• Ships carrying arms (such as the "Maverick") were to reach the coast of Bengal and Odisha.
• Bagha Jatin and his comrades planned to receive the arms and start an uprising, with the help of Indian soldiers.

The plan failed:

• British intelligence learnt about the plan, and the arms shipments never reached India.
• The British police tracked down Bagha Jatin and his companions in the Balasore district of Odisha.
• In September 1915, Bagha Jatin and four companions fought a gun battle with the police at Chashakhand (near Balasore), on the banks of the Burha Balang river.
• Bagha Jatin was seriously wounded and died in hospital at Balasore on 10 September 1915.

About Bagha Jatin:

• He was born on 7 December 1879 in Kushtia (now in Bangladesh).
• He got the name "Bagha" ("tiger") because he is said to have killed a tiger with a dagger.
• He was a leader of the Bengal revolutionary movement.
• He is remembered for his words "Amra morbo, jagat jagbe" ("We shall die to awaken the nation").

Other parts of the plan:

• The Ghadar Party in America was also part of the wider conspiracy.
• The Indian revolutionaries in Berlin included Virendranath Chattopadhyaya and Bhupendranath Datta.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Japan helped Subhas Chandra Bose in the Second World War; Russia and France were Britain's allies in the First World War.