Question

What was the charge against Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in 1908?

A) For being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
B) For insisting violence during the Surat session of INC
C) For seditious writing in the paper Kesari
D) For being instrumental in the murder of the British plaque commisioner in Poona

Answer 1

Hint:
On July third, 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was captured for dissidence by the British. He distributed red hot articles in his Marathi paper Kesari against the British. While in jail, Tilak read and composed broadly and built up his thoughts on the Indian patriot development.


Complete step by step solution:
Alternative A: It is erroneous on the grounds that Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a political fanatic however he was never captured for it. The triplet of Bal-Pal-Lal, alongside Aurobindo Ghose, got famous as "radicals", however they liked to call themselves "patriots".

Choice B: It is erroneous on the grounds that He demanded savagery during the Surat meeting of INC yet was captured under dissidence act.

Alternative C: It is right on the grounds that on July third, 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was captured for subversion by the British as he expressed, "I would not perceive even God in the event that he said that distance was appointed by him." While upholding social changes he turned the consideration of individuals to the political issue — freedom of India from British standards. He started composing articles in the Kesari, affirming each Indian's request to be free. This was a progressive principle to be lectured back then.

Alternative D: It is mistaken on the grounds that the homicide occurred in 1899 where Damodar Hari, was condemned to death for the shooting to death of Poona Plague Commissioner and Lt. Ayerst, terminated upon a local cop.


Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
The Sedition law expressed:
Area 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which manages dissidence, was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay and remembered for the IPC in 1870.
Segment 124A of the IPC, which manages subversion, states, "Whoever, words, either spoken or composed, or by signs, or by obvious portrayal, or something else, brings or endeavors to bring into disdain or hatred, or energizes or endeavors to energize irritation towards the Government set up by law in India will be rebuffed with detainment forever, to which fine might be added, or with detainment which may reach out to three years, to which fine might be added, or with fine."