| Bal Gangadhar Tilak was |
| 1. Responsible for organizing an all Maharashtra campaign for the boycott of foreign cloth in protest against the imposition of the excise duty on cotton in 1896. |
| 2. The founder of the newspaper Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratha (in English) |
| 3. The key person started the practice of using the traditional religious Ganapati festival to propagate nationalist ideas through patriotic songs and speeches in 1893 |
| 4. The key person to start Shivaji festival to stimulate nationalism among young Maharashtrians in the year 1896. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |
A) 1 and 3 only
B) 2 and 4 only
C) 1, 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
[d] In 1881, along with G.G. Agarkar, he founded the newspaper Kesari (in Marathi) and Maharatta (in English). In 1893, he started the practice of using the traditional religious Ganapati festival to propagate nationalist ideas through patriotic songs and speeches. In 1896, he started Shivaji festival to stimulate nationalism among young Maharashtrians. In 1896, he organized an all-Maharashtra campaign for the boycott of foreign cloth in protest against the imposition of the excise duty on cotton, He was, perhaps the first among the national leaders to grasp the important role that the lower middle classes, peasants, artisans and workers could play in the national movement and, therefore he saw the necessity of bringing them into the Congress fold.
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