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Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with Sir Ratanji Jamsetji Tata, opened a shop of indigenous goods in the year 1905, what was the name of that shop? A. Bharat Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd. B. Jai Hind Co-Op Shop Ltd. C. Hindustan Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd. D. Bombay Swadeshi Co-Op Stores Co. Ltd.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with Sir Ratanji Jamsetji Tata, opened a shop of indigenous goods in the year 1905, what was the name of that shop? A. Bharat Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd. B. Jai Hind Co-Op Shop Ltd. C. Hindustan Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd. D. Bombay Swadeshi Co-Op Stores Co. Ltd. Correct Answer D

The correct answer is Bombay Swadeshi Co-Op Stores Co. Ltd.

Key Points

  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak along with Ratanji Jamshedji Tata founded the Bombay Swadeshi Co-operative Stores Co to promote swadeshi goods during early 1900.

​Additional Information

  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on 23rd July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
    • Freedom fighter and lawyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is also known as Lokmanya Tilak.
  • Educationist:
    • Founder of the Deccan Education Society (1884) along with his associate Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others.
    • One of the founders of the Fergusson College (1885) in Pune through the Deccan Education Society.
  • Ideology:
    • He was a devout Hindu and used Hindu scriptures to rouse people to fight oppression.
    • Stressed the need for self-rule and believed that without self-rule or swarajya, no progress was possible.
  • Slogan: “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!”
  • A book ‘Indian Unrest’ written by Valentine Chirol, an English journalist, stated Tilak the ‘father of Indian unrest’

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