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A drawing of fighters and fallen horsemen, with the words “Swaraj is my birthright, Bal Gangadhar Tilak” in English, on a 60 paise stamp.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
India Post issued these two 60 paise stamps on 16 August 1988, printed side by side, at the close of the fortieth year of Independence, for Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s call “Swaraj is my birthright”. Tilak helped to widen the social base of the national movement, and the emphasis on Swadeshi helped cottage industry. At his death in 1920 Gandhi wrote that “the roar of the lion is hushed”.
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