HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Pheroze Shah Mehta
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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BG Tilak
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was Bal gangadhar tilak. In 1897, Tilak was sentenced to 18 months in prison for preaching disaffection against the Raj. In 1908, he was again charged with sedition and intensifying racial opposition between Indians and the British.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -On July 3rd, 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested by the British under the charge of sedition. Tilak was sentenced to jail for a period of six years i.e from 1908 to 1914 in Mandalay in Burma.