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Identify the picture and write about his contribution to the freedom struggle: |
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Answer» 1. The Above picture is of Lokmanya Tilak. 2. He started the newspapers Kesari and Maratha. 3. He started festivals like Ganesh Utsav and Shiv Jayanti for people to come together and get inspiration from contribution of national personalities. 4. The bomb attacks by the revolutionary was advocated through newspaper Kesari and Maratha. 5. Due to this, he was charged with sedition and put in Mandalay jail for 6 years. 6. When he was in Mandalay prison he wrote Geetarahasya which advocated philosophy of Karmayoga and stressed upon the people to always remain in action. 7. An attempt was made under his leadership to resolve differences between two groups in the Indian National Congress in its session of 1916. 8. He started the Home Rule Movement along with Dr. Annie Besant. 9. He travelled in different parts of India so that the demand for self government reach the common man. 10. He firmly declared, ‘Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.’ 11. He criticised the Montague Chelmsford Reform Act when it failed to fulfill the demand of responsible government. |
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