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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, called Lokmanya, was an Indian nationalist and an early, forceful advocate of swaraj, self-rule, known for the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it". He founded the weeklies Kesari and Mahratta and, with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, led the radical wing of the Indian National Congress, urging swadeshi and the boycott of foreign goods after the partition of Bengal. Imprisoned for sedition at Mandalay from 1908 to 1914, where he wrote the Gita Rahasya, he later helped found the All India Home Rule League.
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