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Who was the First Indian to say that "SWARAJ" is the destiny of the nation

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  4. Mahatma Gandhiji
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the first Indian leader to declare 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it,' making Swaraj (self-rule) the explicit goal of the national movement. While others like Dadabhai Naoroji and Gokhale were early leaders, Tilak's assertion at the 1906 Calcutta session of Congress made Swaraj the official objective.

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