Who turned Ganesh Chaturthi into a large public festival in Maharashtra in 1893?
- A.Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- B.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- C.Jyotirao Phule
- D.Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Ganesh Chaturthi in the month of Bhadrapada had long been a household worship in Maharashtra. In 1893 Tilak organised it as a community celebration with public pandals, processions and lectures, so that people of every caste could gather in one place at a time when political meetings were watched. He used the Shivaji festival in the same way, and both became platforms of the early national movement.
Option A, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, was the moderate leader and founder of the Servants of India Society, who worked through councils rather than festivals. Option C, Jyotirao Phule, the social reformer who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, died in 1890. Option D, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, belonged to a later generation. The 1893 date and the word public should fix the answer as Tilak.
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