Question

Which of the following national leaders powerfully stressed the Swaraj as the goal of Indian people?
a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. W.C. Banerjee
c. Badruddin Tyabji
d. R.M. Sayani

Answer 1

Hint:
Swaraj emphasises governance, not by a hierarchical government, but by individuals and community-building self-governance. Political decentralisation is the focal point of Swaraj.

Complete step by step solution:
The Swaraj was highly emphasised by Dadabhai Naoroji as the goal of the Indian people. Under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji, Congress introduced Swaraj or self-government as the aim of the Indian people at the 1906 Calcutta session. Although he simply intended the British colonies were self-governing. He was also a nationalist Indian and a critic in India of British economic policies.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder and Hindu reformer of the Arya Samaj, described swaraj as "administration of self" or "democracy" Swami Dayanand Saraswati then challenged the right of the international British occupation to make the Indian nation slaves on their own territory, starting with the presumption that God had made people free to do whatever job they were inclined to choose. Swaraj was, in Swami 's opinion, the basis of the struggle for independence. Dadabhai Navroji said he had learned the word swaraj from Saraswati’s Satyarth Prakash.
While the term "Swaraj" refers to self-rule, Gandhi gave it the sense of an integral movement that includes all fields of life. Politically, swaraj is self-government and not good government (for Gandhi, good government is no substitute for self-government) and it suggests a continuing attempt to be independent of government power, whether it is foreign or national government. In other words, it is human autonomy founded on absolute moral authority. Economically, for the toiling millions, Swaraj means complete democratic independence. And Swaraj is far more than free from all restraints in its fullest sense, it is self-rule, self-restraint, and may be equated with moksha or liberation.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand old Man of India, was a prominent leader of Indian National Congress. The demand for Swaraj was first raised by Dadabhai Naoroji in the Calcutta Session of India National Congress in 1906.