Question

Which newspaper gave an advertisement for the post of editor with the payment of "Two dry breads (rotis), a glass of water and ten years imprisonment for each editorial"?
1. Kesari
2. Swarajya
3. Vande Mataram
4. Kaal

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Swarajya

The Correct Answer is Swarajya.

 

• Swarajya Patrika Harisarvotharna Rao or Gadicherla Andhra Tilak as he was called was the leader of the Vande Mataram movement.
• He was a young MCC graduate and was a teacher trainee at Rajahmundry.
• He was influenced by the new wave of extremism, and preached, even as a student, the message of Swadeshi.
• He advocated Home Rule through his publications.
• He gave an advertisement for the post of the editor with the payment of "Two dry breads (rotis), a glass of water and ten years imprisonment for each editorial"
• In one of his editorials in Swarajya, he wrote against the police firing of people at Tirunelveli under the heading, "Veepareeta Buddhi" for which he was arrested and a case of sedition filed against him.

• Kesari is a Marathi language newspaper. It was founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar in 1881.
• The paper has been used as a spokes-piece for the Indian national freedom movement, and it continues to be written by the descendants of Kesari Maratha Trust and Tilak.
• He used to run his two newspapers, Kesari, in Marathi and Mahratta, in English (Owned by Kesari-Maratha Trust).
• He was the first representative of the Indian Independence Movement.