INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tilak was the first leader of the Indian independence movement. The British colonial authorities called him “The father of the Indian unrest". He was also conferred with the title of “Lokmanya", which means “accepted by the people as their leader".

Detailed explanation-2: -Valentine Chirol was a prominent British journalist. He gave the title “The father of the Indian unrest” to Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bal Gangadhar Tilak, called “Maker of Modern India” by Mahatma Gandhi and “Father of the Indian Revolution” by Jawaharlal Nehru, helped lay the foundation for Indian swaraj (self-rule).

Detailed explanation-4: -He was one of the first advocates of Swaraj or self-rule. He gave the slogan, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.” He believed that no progress was possible without self-rule. He was part of the extremist faction of the INC and was a proponent of boycott and Swadeshi movements.

Detailed explanation-5: -The British Raj was the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria.