Delhi Police Constable Exam Model Paper 2

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

• National song - Vande Mataram is taken from his novel Anandmath (written in 1882).
• He also wrote Durgeshnandini (1865), and Kapalkundala (1866).

Lokmanya Tilak

• Born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak in 1856.
• He gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"
• He was the extremist faction of the Indian National Congress.
• He published two papers – Kesari in Marathi and Maratha in
• English.
• Along with Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai, he was called the ‘ Lal-Bal-Pal ’ trio of extremist leaders.
• He was one of the founders of the All India Home Rule League , along with Annie Besant and G S Khaparde.
• He used the Ganesh Chaturthi and Shiv Jayanti (birth anniversary of Shivaji) festivals to create unity and a national spirit among the people.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

• Born on 2 October 1904.
• He gave the slogan, “Jai Jawan! Jai Kissan!”

Madan Mohan Malavya

• He became the editor of the ‘ Indian Opinion ’ in 1889
• He started a Hindi weekly ‘ Abhyudaya ’, an English daily ‘ Leader ’, a Hindi newspaper ‘ Maryada ’.
• He gave this slogan from the Mundakopanishad, ‘ Satyameva Jayate’.
• He was given the title, ‘ Mahanama’.
• In 2014, he was bestowed the Bharat Ratna posthumously.