Question

Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote about the deportation of Punjab in 1907 in his newspaper _______.
A) Maratha
B) Kesari
C) Mooknayak
D) Bahishkrit Bharat Hitrakarni

Answer 1

Hint: Maratha is not a newspaper. Deportation means the removal of an alien out of the country. British rule was like an alien rule for our people and their laws and actions were only for their personal gain.

Complete answer:
The newspaper edited by Tilak was Kesari and Mahratta (not Maratha). The other two newspapers were founded by Ambedkar. With this Colonisation bill in Punjab, they again proved that whatever they are doing was for their own benefit. So the agitation started for this law and our leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai took various steps to help the people of Punjab.
In 1906 the British government implemented a Colonisation bill in Punjab province which resulted in unrest in the region. Lala Lajpat Rai was the main leader to raise a movement against this bill.
This bill had a law that once a person dies the property of that person will be transferred to the British government if they had no heir. We have already borne the consequence of the Doctrine of Lapse (introduced by Lord Dalhousie) by British before.
Lala Lajpat Rai is the extremist leader of Congress who called for extremist measures against the bill. Now Tilak being the prominent leader of the time wrote this in his newspaper Kesari so that the whole country can know about the law and the measures taken by our leaders.
Kesari is a Marathi newspaper founded by Tilak in 1881 to spread political education among the common people of our country and be aware of the laws and actions taken by the Britishers.

The correct answer is Option B.

Note: Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a supreme leader during our freedom struggle who changed the struggle completely. We all have heard the name LAL BAL PAL. Tilak was from the extremist group of Congress who believed in taking actions rather than sending petitions. So the newspaper was one of the most effective weapons to deliver news all over the country. Kesari was directly under Tilak but the Mahratta was published by a trust along with Tilak.