Question

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

• A. Bengalee: Surendranath Banerjee
• B. Amrita Bazar Patrika: Sisir Kumar Ghosh
• C. Sudharak: Bala Gangadhar Tilak
• D. Voice of India: Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Sudharak: Bala Gangadhar Tilak

• Sudharak was an influential newspaper founded in 1888 by Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, not by Bala Gangadhar Tilak.
• It was started in Pune, Maharashtra, as a platform to advocate for social reforms and to speak against social evils like untouchability and the caste system.
• Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was a prominent social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Maharashtra, who also co-founded the Deccan Education Society in 1884.
• Bala Gangadhar Tilak is widely known for starting two other extremely prominent newspapers: Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English) in 1881.
• Initially, Agarkar served as the first editor of Kesari, but he later left due to ideological differences with Tilak regarding the priority of political reforms versus social reforms, leading to the creation of Sudharak.
• Tilak is famously remembered for his slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!" and was a key leader of the extremist faction within the Indian National Congress.