Ch. VII ]
 

Secret Organisation
 

CHAPTER VII

secret organisation
 

While the forces of the Revolution were thus maturing them¬
selves all over India, as described in the last chapter, in Brah¬
mavarta a map was being prepared as to how to organise
properly all the materials for the war so as to bring the War
of Independence to a successful conclusion.

In the third chapter, we left Rango Bapuji and Azimullah
Khan holding secret interviews with each other in some London
rooms. Though history cannot record the exact conversation
the Brahmin of Satara held with the Khan Sahib of Brah¬
mavarta, still, it is as certain as anything can be that the map
of the rising was being prepared by these two in London.
After leaving London, Rango Bapuji went straight to Satara,
but it was not possible for Azimullah Khan to go direct to
Hindusthan. The extent of the dominions and the diplomacy
of those against whom the war was to be waged was not now
confined to Hindusthan alone. Hence, it was necessary to attack
the British Empire in as many places as possible. It was also
essential that it should be ascertained from what quarters in
Europe direct help or moral sympathy could be expected in
the coming War of Independence. With this object, Azimullah
Khan made a tour in Europe before returning to India. He
went to the capital of the Sultan of Turkey famed throughout
the world as the Khalifa of all the Moslems. Being informed
that, in the Russo-Turkish War then going on, the English had
been defeated in the important battle of Sebastopol, he stayed
some time in Russia.    Many English historians have a suspicion

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