Kumar, Rupak

The ideas of Swaraj in India - Dialogue - 21(4), Apr-Jun, 2020: p.19-27

Swaraj, as an ideal of Indian notion of freedom, has its underpinnings in the philosophical and historical writings of Aurobindo Ghosh, Rabindranath Tagore, and Mahatma Gandhi. However, in the parlance of modern Indian Nationalist Movement, Swaraj as an Indian path to political freedom and self- government gained its recognition initially by Dadabhai Naoroji in the Presidential address of the Indian National Congress in 1906. It was further carried out by Tilak who in nationalistic & radical fashion proclaimed ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it’ – Reproduced