Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the title of Lokmanya after initiation of
Answer : Home rule League
Explanation: Tilak formed Homerule league in Maharastra(Poona) in 1916. The first president of this league was Joseph Baptista. Tilak became very popular with this organization that people gave him the epithet of Lokmanya. He was also known as 'Father of Indian Unrest'. Mahatma Gandhi called him 'The Maker of Modern India'. Tilak took up this issue by publishing inflammatory articles in his paper Kesari (Kesari was written in Marathi, and 'Maratha' was written in English), quoting the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, to say that no blame could be attached to anyone who killed an oppressor without any thought of reward. Following this, on 22 June 1897, Commissioner Rand and another British officer, Lt. Ayerst were shot and killed by the Chapekar brothers and their other associates. Tilak was charged with incitement to murder and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. When he emerged from prison in present-day Mumbai, he was revered as a martyr and a national hero.