Who among the following freedom fighters gave the slogan 'Freedom is my birth right and I Shall have it'?
Who among the following freedom fighters gave the slogan 'Freedom is my birth right and I Shall have it'? Correct Answer Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The correct answer is Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Key Points
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave a slogan 'Freedom is my birthright and I Shall have it'
- Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak roused the Indian people and injected fresh life into our liberation cause with his electrifying phrase, "Swaraj is my birth-right and I shall have it."
- Lokmanya Tilak was born in 1856, barely one year before the First War of Indian Independence, into a disappointed and sullen India, and following the defeat of the 1857 insurrection, into a swirl of sorrow and hopelessness.
Important Points
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak worked valiantly to aid the country's independence from British domination.
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Lal-Bal-Pal troika.
- He was dubbed the "Father of Indian Unrest" by British colonial rulers.
- Lokmanya Tilak founded and published two newspapers:
- The (Marathi) Kesari
- The (English) Mahratta.
- To criticize the colonial overlords, he used his pen as a weapon.
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