UPSC History Arts and Cultural Movements Question Bank Persons Miscellaneous

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    Ganpati Festival in Maharashtra was started by

    A)  Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    B)  Gopal Krishna Gokhale  

    C)  Aurobindo Ghosh

    D)  Bipin Chandra Pal        

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Bal Gangadhar Tilak used rehgious orthodoxy as a method of mass contact through his alignment against reformers on the age of Consent Bill in 1891 followed by the organisation of the Ganapati festival from 1894 and the development of a patriotic-cum- historical culture as a central symbol of nationalism, through the Shivaji festivals from 1896 onwards.


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