Swaraj - Birthright

Simran Bajaj PGDCA

'Swaraj is my birth right and i shall have it'

Lokmanya Tilak's slogan 'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it' caught the imagination of a country fighting to free itself from the colonial rule. Lokmanya Tilak's slogan 'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it' caught the imagination of a country fighting to free itself from the colonial rule. He was a lover of swadeshi. We too should understand the meaning of swadeshi and adopt swadeshi in practice. He had unbounded love for the country; let us, too, cultivate the same love for it in our hearts and, to the best of our ability, be daily more devoted to national service.”

Tilak ignited patriotic consciousness among the masses during one of the most difficult periods in the freedom struggle. Bal Gangadhar Tilak published two newspapers –‘Maratha’ (English)and ‘Kesari’ (Marathi). Tilak was a supporter of Swarajya during the freedom movement. Lokmanya Tilak completed his Bachelor of Arts degrees in first-class in Mathematics from Deccan College of Pune in 1877. Lokmanya Tilak obtained his LL.B degree from Government Law College in 1879. In 1884, Lokmanya Tilak founded the Deccan Education Society to teach nationalist ideas to youth.

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