INDIAN HISTORY

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Name the militant nationalist who had a leading role in propagating the Swadeshi sentiments to the rest of the country.
A
Lala Lajpat Rai
B
Aurobindo Ghosh
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Bipin Chandra Pal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They advocated the Swadeshi movement involving the boycott of all imported items and the use of Indian-made goods in 1907 during the anti-Partition agitation in Bengal which began in 1905. Lala Lajpat Rai had a famous dialogue during Swadeshi movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Early Nationalists failed to attain their objectives, giving rise to another group of leaders known as Assertive or Extremist Nationalists. The most prominent leaders of the Assertive Nationalists were Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, who are known collectively as the Lal-Bal-Pal trio.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lala Lajpat Rai in, Bal Gangadhar Tilak in, and Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal emerged as the leaders of extremist nationalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Bombay, and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal, the triumvirate were popularly known as Lal Bal Pal, changed the political discourse of the Indian independence movement.

Detailed explanation-5: -Existence of Militant Nationalist School of Thought This school was represented by leaders like Rajnarain Bose and Ashwini Kumar Dutt in Bengal and Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar in Maharashtra. The most outstanding representative of militant school was Bal Gangadhar Tilak later popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak.

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