Question

Name the paper started by Bal GangadharTilak
A. Kesari
B. Gazette
C. The Hindu
D. Shamsul

Answer 1

Hint: It was a Marathi newspaper whose literal meaning in Sanskrit is Lion. The newspaper acted as a prominent source of spreading dissent against the government policies and garnered support for the Indian National Freedom Movement. The newspaper is being published even today by the Kesari Maratha Trust and descendants of Tilak.

Complete answer:
LokmanyaBalGangadharTilak is a freedom fighter, an Indian nationalist, and a teacher. The British government also called him the ‘father of Indian Uprising’. He along with Chiplunkar and Agarkar jointly founded two newspapers namely Kesari in Marathi and Mahratta in English. Kesari, a Marathi newspaper was started in the year $$1881$$ which acted as a mouthpiece for the Indian National Freedom Movement. Many freedom fighters including Tilak served as editors of these newspapers. Today, The Daily Kesari is published in Marathi by the descendants of Tilak and Kesari Maratha Trust. Looking at other options, Gazette was started by James Augustus Hickey, and it was the first English language newspaper to be published on the Indian subcontinent. The Hindu was founded by G SubramaniaIyer.
ShamsulAkhbar was a newspaper in the Persian language and was founded by Mani Ram Thakur and MathurMohan.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: The famous quote ‘Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it’ was given by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He vehemently criticized the policies of the British government through his newspaper Kesari. For his harsh criticism, Tilak had been arrested in the past and was also imprisoned in $$1897$$ and $$1908$$.