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Question
Which of the following newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
Options
Hindu
Kesari
Sudharak
Pratap
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Solution
Kesari
Explanation:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak published his newspaper Kesari.
- He wrote about the deported Punjab revolutionaries in 1907 with a great deal of sympathy.
- Due to this, he was imprisoned in 1908, which in turn sparked a wave of widespread protests across India.
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