1. Extremist leaders Lokmanya Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai advocated intensification of the struggle since the British did not respond to the petitions and appeals. 

2.Initially, they used the mediums of newspapers, national festivals and national education to bring about political awakening.

3. They formed educational institutions to sow the seeds of nationalism in society and to create a generation which will show concern about their language and tradition. 

4. Lokmanya Tilak severely criticised the suppressive policies or the British through the newspapers like ‘Kesari’ and ‘Maratha’. 

5. Lokmanya Tilak started Ganesh Utsav and Shiv Jayanti to bring people together. 

6. The leaders did not adopt the means of armed revolution but insisted on extensive agitations. 

7. Swaraj, Swadeshi, National Education and Boycott was the four-point ‘ programme accepted. 

8. The Moderates laid the foundation of freedom struggle and the Extremists carried it forward.