Question

The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ which meant long live the revolution was first raised by which of the following revolutionaries?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Chandra Sekhar Azad
c. Bhagat Singh
d. Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer 1

Hint: The famous slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ which means the revolution should live long was coined by an Urdu poet, Indian freedom fighter and the President of the Indian National Congress, Maulana Hasrat Mohani in the year 1921.

Complete Answer:
The slogan was first raised after bombing the central assembly at Delhi as a part of the fight for India’s independence. It was one of the most used and famous slogans of Indian freedom struggle from the British Rule.
This slogan was first called out by the famous revolutionary Shahi(d)e-Azam Bhagat Singh during his speeches and writings during the early 1920s. Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt jointly raised this slogan after bombing the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi in April, 1929. Then, again in June 1929, the duo called out this slogan in their joint statement in an open court at High Court, Delhi.
Let’s study the options:
Option (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak called out the slogan of ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it’. So, it is an incorrect answer.
Option (b) Chandra Sekhar Azad, though was inspired by this slogan, was not the first person to raise it. Hence, an incorrect answer.
Option (c) Bhagat Singh was one of the first revolutionaries who fought against the British and used the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’. This is the correct option.
Option (d) Lala Lajpat Rai used the slogan ‘The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India’. This is an incorrect option.
So, option ‘c. Bhagat Singh’ is correct.

Note: This slogan often characterises people with Indian Independence sentiments and was one of the rallying cries for Indian independence movement.