Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Freedom

Question:

Who famously declared, "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"?

Options:

Subhas Chandra Bose

Bhagat Singh

Mahatma Gandhi

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Answer:

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

A concept analogous to Freedom in Indian political thought is ‘Swaraj’. The term Swaraj incorporates within it two words — Swa (Self) and Raj (Rule). It can be understood to mean both the rule of the self and rule over self. Swaraj, in the context of the freedom struggle in India referred to freedom as a constitutional and political demand, and as a value at the social-collective level. That is why Swaraj was such an important rallying cry in the freedom movement inspiring Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s famous statement — “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it."