Question

Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during _______.

• A. His trial in $1907-08$
• B. The Lucknow pact of $1916$
• C. The Home Rule Movement
• D. The Congress Session in $1917$

Answer 1

The correct option is C The Home Rule Movement

Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during the Home Rule movement. Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government.