Question

Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in India in 1916. Which of these statements about the Home Rule League is/are not true?

• A. Tilak and Besant launched separate organisations for the same cause.
• B. The Home Rule League in India wanted to attain self-government within the British Empire.
• C. Tilak's Home Rule League had an all-India impact.
• D. Besant's Home Rule League was concentrated mainly in Western India.

Answer 1

Answer: (C), (D)

The correct options are
C Tilak's Home Rule League had an all-India impact.
D Besant's Home Rule League was concentrated mainly in Western India.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak launched his Home Rule League in April 1916. His efforts were restricted to Western India. Meanwhile. Annie Besant launched her Home Rule League in September that same year. It had more of a pan-Indian approach. Both organisations worked towards the goal of achieving self rule under the British Empire.