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He adopted a new slogan coined by his associate Kaka Baptista: "Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it." [18] Following the Partition of Bengal, which was a strategy set out by Lord Curzon to weaken the nationalist movement, Tilak encouraged the Swadeshi movement and the Boycott movement. [19]
He resented the denial of freedom of expression for nationalists, and the lack of any voice or role for ordinary Indians in the affairs of their nation. For these reasons, he considered Swaraj as the natural and only solution. His popular sentence "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it" became the source of inspiration for Indians.
Hindavi Swarajya (Hindavī Svarājya; "self-rule of Hindu people" [1] [2] [3]) is a term attributed to Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom. [3] After Shivaji's death, the term swarajya came into widespread use, without "Hindavi" but rather associated with "Maratha".
Birthright is the concept of things being due to a person upon or by fact of their birth, or due to the order of their birth. These may include rights of citizenship based on the place where the person was born or the citizenship of their parents , and inheritance rights to property owned by parents or others.
In addition, Baptista coined the phrase "Swaraj is my Birthright", that was later made popular by Tilak. [2] In 1916, along with Tilak, Annie Besant founded the Home Rule Movement, with Baptista opening the Belgaum unit. [2] He was also the legal advisor to Lokmanya Tilak. [3]
The party's name draws inspiration from the phrase "Swaraj is my birthright", coined by a Bombay East Indian freedom fighter and Mumbai's first mayor of Indian origin, Joseph "Kaka" Baptista. Baptista was an associate and a confidant of Lokmanya Tilak who made the phrase popular. [2]
My mother’s ability to survive and provide for me was made possible by her birthright citizenship, writes Paola Mendoza.
In the Swami's view, Swaraj was the basis for the Indian independence movement. Dadabhai Navroji claimed that he had learnt the word swaraj from the Satyarth Prakash of Saraswati. [citation needed] Swaraj aims towards a stateless society. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the overall impact of the state on the people is harmful.