The famous declaration "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!" is attributed to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement and one of the "Lal-Bal-Pal" extremist trio.
Who was the first Indian to declare that "Freedom is my birth-right" ?
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2011 · Topic: Moderates and Extremists in Congress (Ideology and methods of the Extremists: Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education, Passive Resistance)
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