bal gangadhar tilak initiated the home rule movement in india.
bal gangadhar tilak initiated the home rule movement in india.
who initiated the home rule movement in india?
bal gangadhar tilak
between 1916 and 1918, when the war was beginning, prominent indians like joseph baptista, muhammad ali jinnah, bal gangadhar tilak, g. s. khaparde, sir s. subramania iyer ,satendra nath bose and the leader of the theosophical society, annie besant, decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across india, specifically to demand "home rule", or self-government within the british empire for all of india. tilak founded the first home rule league at the bombay provincial congress at belgaum in april,1916. then after this annie besant founded second league at adyar madras in september 1916. while tilak's league worked in areas like maharashtra (excluding bombay city), karnataka, central provinces and berar, annie besant's league worked in the rest of india.
indian home rule movement
indian home rule movement









































the indian home rule movement was a movement in british india on the lines of irish home rule movement and other home rule movements. the movement lasted around two years between 1916–1918 and is believed to have set the stage for the independence movement under the leadership of annie besant all over india whereas b. g. tilak participation was limited to the educated english speaking upper class indians. in 1921 all india home rule league changed its name to swarajya sabha.
indian home rule movement