Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1856, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born. Among 1st advocates for Indian independence from Britain, he founded the Indian Home Rule League and coined phrase "#Swaraj [self-rule] is my birthright and I shall have it." Gandhi deemed him "The Maker of Modern India" H/T @aparanjape https://t.co/CcNfoK8ZuF — PolitiTweet.org