Question

Which of the following newspapers was written by Lokmanya Tilak during Indian National movement ?
1. Yugntar
2. Bengalee
3. Kesari
4. Amrit bazaar patrika

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Kesari

The correct answer is Kesari.

• Kesari was written by Lokmanya Tilak during the Indian National Movement.

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
  • He launched two newspapers–the Kesari (in Marathi) and the Maratha (in English).
  • He organized Ganpati Festival (1893 AD) and Shivaji Festival (1895 AD).
  • He was deported to Mandalay Jail (Burma) for writing seditious articles.
  • He started the Home Rule League in 1916 AD.
  • He wrote Gita Rahasya.
  • Tilak asserted: ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’.
  • He was awarded the title of Lokmanya.
  • He was called ‘Bal’, Lala Lajpat Rai was called ‘Lal’ and Bipin Chandra Pal was called ‘Pal’.
  • He was a part of the trio of ‘Lal-Bal- Pal’
  • He wrote the books The Arctic Home of Vedas and Gita Rahasya.

• Yugantar Patrika was a Bengali newspaper founded in Calcutta by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Abhinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt in the year 1906.
• The Bengalee newspaper was founded by Girish Chandra Ghosh.
• Amrita Bazar Patrika was founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh.