Question

Who founded 'Home Rule League'?

Answer 1

Hint:
He has also conferred the title of 'Lokmanya' which means to be 'accepted by the people'.
The British colonial authorities called him "The Father of Indian unrest".
He was a part of the Lal-Bal-Pal trilogy.

Complete answer:
First Home Rule League was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak at the Bombay provincial congress in April 1916 at Belgaum.
Indian home rule movement began in India in the background of World War I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak's movement was restricted to Maharashtra ( excluding Bombay ) and Karnataka.
The Government of India act (1909) didn't fulfil the demands of the nationalists of India.
The home rule flag had five-red and four-green horizontal stripes on it. On the upper left quadrant was the union flag with a crescent and a seven-pointed star both in white are set in the top flying.

Objectives of Home Rule League were -

- To attain the status of self-government within the British empire through means of a constitution.
- Members should be elected by the people of India.
- A council should be established to pass the country's budget and the ministers should be made responsible for the legislatures.
- It had strived to organise public opinions in favour of its main objective.
- To work towards National education, social and political reforms.
- Aimed to reform the administration in a non-violent way without overthrowing the govt. from power.
- Tilak demanded 'Poorna Swaraj' together with the formation of linguistic states and education in the vernacular medium.

Note:
The Second Home Rule League was founded by Annie Besant at Adyar Madras in September 1916.
In 1921, the All India Home Rule League changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha".
This movement was inspired by the Irish self-Rule Movement. Both Tilak and Annie Besant wanted to promote political education and trigger nationalist political activity.