Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Name the thinker who defined Swaraj as the people's rule instead of that of the bureaucracy.
AM.K. Gandhi
BBal Gangadhar Tilak ✓ Correct
CJawaharlal Nehru
DM.N. Roy
Correct answer: (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Bal Gangadhar Tilak defined Swaraj as the people's rule rather than bureaucratic rule, so the answer is Tilak.
Explanation
★Bal Gangadhar Tilak defined Swaraj as the people's rule rather than bureaucratic rule, so the answer is Tilak.
★His famous cry was that Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.
★For Tilak Swaraj meant self-government by Indians, replacing alien officials.
★He attacked the unaccountable colonial bureaucracy that ruled over the people.
★He was a leader of the extremist wing demanding full self-rule.
★He used the Ganapati and Shivaji festivals to rouse national feeling.
★So Tilak made Swaraj mean popular self-rule against bureaucratic control.
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