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History GK · Q70

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Competitive Exams · History GK · question 70

Q70

Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :

A.
1896
B.
1904
C.
1906
Answer
D.
1910

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in 1906. He adopted a new slogan coined by his associate Kaka Baptista: "Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it." Following the Partition of Bengal, which was a strategy set out by Lord Curzon to weaken the nationalist movement, Tilak encouraged the Swadeshi movement and the Boycott movement.