Question

Choose the correct option from the following to fill in the blank regarding regions of tiolist leaders of India:
Bipin Chandra Pal : Bengal; Bal Gangadhar Tilak : _ _ _ _ .

• A. Delhi
• B. Gujarat
• C. Maharashtra
• D. Bihar

Hint:

Always remember the definitive geographical layout of the famous "Lal-Bal-Pal" radical tiolist trio: {lcl} Lal (Lala Lajpat Rai) & $\rightarrow$ & Punjab
Bal (Bal Gangadhar Tilak) & $\rightarrow$ & Maharashtra
Pal (Bipin Chandra Pal) & $\rightarrow$ & Bengal

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Concept: During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Indian tiol movement witnessed the rise of assertive tiolism. This era was fundamentally defined by a powerful trio of radical leaders popularly institutiolized as "Lal-Bal-Pal". The structural premise of the question relies on an alogical relationship pairing each of these iconic leaders with their primary geopolitical base of operation.

Step 1: Decoding the primary alogical relationship.
The first half of the alogy introduces Bipin Chandra Pal paired with Bengal. This is historically precise; Pal was born in Sylhet and emerged as a powerful orator, jourlist, and tiolist architect operating directly out of the Bengal Presidency. He spearheaded anti-partition and Swadeshi campaigns across the region.

Step 2: Applying the regiol matrix to Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Following the exact same structural pattern, we must identify the core territorial base for Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
• Tilak was born in Ratgiri in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency).
• He mobilized the masses in Maharashtra by introducing public celebrations for the Shivaji Utsav and Ganeshotsav to foster a deep sense of cultural unity and tiolistic pride.
• He launched his radical tiolist newspapers, Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English), from Pune. His defining slogan—"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"—resoted most deeply across Western India.
• Therefore, the correct missing entry to complete the alogy must be Maharashtra.

Step 3: Verification of the remaining option metrics.
The remaining options do not fit the historical regiol profile of Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
• (A) Delhi and (D) Bihar were not the foundatiol operating bases for Tilak's early tiolist agitations.
• (B) Gujarat was the primary operating ground for later leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Thus, Option (C) stands as the only correct choice.