Naujawan Bharat Sabha
[4] The NBS comprised members from the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities and organized lectures, public meetings and protests.[5] The association was banned in July 1929 during a period when the government had imposed Section 144 to control gatherings as public support burgeoned for the imprisoned Singh and his fellow hunger-strikers.[5] At least one NBS activist, Sohan Singh Josh, was imprisoned for his role in the Meerut Conspiracy Case; he was released in November 1933.NBS was active again by that time: earlier in the year, Karam Singh Mann, who had been converted to communism while training as a barrister in London, had organized a meeting to arrange dissemination of left-wing propaganda in rural areas.With varying but never great success, various working parties were dispatched to co-ordinate local groups as well as document grievances, economic and political conditions in the regional districts.