The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was _________.

Firoz Shah Mehta

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Dadabhai Naoroji

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BG Tilak

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Solution

The correct option is D BG Tilak
The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was Bal gangadhar tilak. In 1897, Tilak was sentenced to 18 months in prison for preaching disaffection against the Raj. In 1908, he was again charged with sedition and intensifying racial opposition between Indians and the British.

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