He was also the founding member of Hindustan Republican Association (that became Hindustan Socialist Republican Association) whose more popular revolutionary members were Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.
उन्होंने ही चंद्रशेखर ‘आज़ाद’ और भगत सिंह जैसे नवयुवकों को ‘हिंदुस्तान रिपब्लिकन एसोसिएशन’ से जोडा जो कि बाद में ‘हिंदुस्तान सोशलिस्ट रिपब्लिकन एसोसिएशन’ बन गयी।