Multiple choice softskills creativity

Which famous freedom fighter introduced the popularized form of Ganesh Utsav in India?

  1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Lokmanya Tilak

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak transformed Ganesh Chaturthi from a private family celebration to a large public festival in 1893 to unite Indians against British rule. This became a platform for nationalist discourse. Nehru, Gandhi, and Shastri were not associated with this initiative.

AI explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, known as 'Lokmanya' ('accepted leader'), transformed the private, family-based worship of Ganesh Chaturthi into a large public festival (Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav) starting around 1893. His goal was to unite Indians across caste and class under a shared religious-cultural banner while circumventing British restrictions on political assembly, using the festival as a platform to build nationalist sentiment during the freedom struggle. Nehru, Gandhi, and Lal Bahadur Shastri were all major freedom fighters and later leaders, but none of them founded or popularized the public Ganesh Utsav — that specific historical credit belongs to Tilak, a well-documented fact in Indian independence history.

Keep practicing — related questions