New Delhi, Aug 1 (UNI) Paying rich tribute to the freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that he made unparalleled contribution to freedom movement.
Inaugurating a two-day international webinar on the theme of 'Lokmanya Tilak - Swaraj to Self-reliant India' organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on the 100th death anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak here, he said “ Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak played a key role in the making of the Indian Independence movement complete in letter and spirit.
The Union Home Minister said that the slogan of 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it' given by Lokmanya Tilak, will always be written in golden letters in the history of the Indian Independence Movement and this slogan served to awaken Indian society and convert the freedom movement into a mass movement, due to which he came to be known as Lokmanya Tilak.