Multiple choice

Repression is repression if it is legal, it must be resisted peacefully. But if it is illegal, it must be illegally met. Who made this remark?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Gandhiji

  3. Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak made this statement articulating his philosophy of resistance to British colonial rule. Tilak believed that when repression was legal (under British laws), it should be met with peaceful resistance, but when it was illegal (unjust laws), it could be met with extra-constitutional means. This position distinguished him from both moderate constitutionalists and radical revolutionaries.

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