Question

Which famous Indian freedom fighter was exiled for 6 years from India?
A. Bipin Chandra Pal
B. Lal Bahadur Shashtri
C. Lokmanya Tilak
D. Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer 1

Hint:Bal Gangadhar Tilak also called Lokmanya Tilak was a freedom fighter who belonged to the extremist faction of that time. He is known as “the Father of Indian Unrest”.

Complete answer:
Lokmanya Tilak was a freedom fighter who was exiled for 6 years from India. He was born in Maharashtra. He worked as a Math teacher. Later on, he started working as a Journalist. He was one of the founding members of the Fergusson college of Pune. In the year 1890, he joined the Congress. He was not Moderate and thus aggressive and radical in nature. He was one of the freedom fighters who advocated Swaraj or Self-rule. His slogan, “Self-rule is my birthright and I shall have it”. He considered self-rule as the main factor for progress. The British tried him for sedition several times and charged him six years in Mandalay Prison from 1908 to 1914 for writing articles defending Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose, the two revolutionaries.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:He was one of the founders of the Indian Home rule League along with Annie Besant and G.S Khaparde. The famous trio Lal-Bal-Pal includes him as it represents Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal. He is credited with the famous Ganeshotsava celebration in Maharashtra since 1894. He was conservative in nature and against women's modern education as well against the increase in their marriage age. Kesari (Marathi) and Mahratta(English) were two of his famous newspapers. He died in 1920.