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- He is known as the 'Father of Revolutionary Thoughts' in
India.
- He was one of the radical freedom fighters of India.
- He was famous as one of the trio of three militant
patriots of the nation - the "Pal" of Lal-Bal-Pal comprising
Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
respectively.
- The trio was responsible for initiating the first
popular upsurge against British colonial policy in the 1905
partition of Bengal.
- He was also the founder of the journal Vande Mataram.
- He also went to England to study in 1898 but after about
one year he returned to India and since then he started
preaching local Indians with the idea of Swaraj.
- Being a good journalist and orator he always used
articles, speeches and other write ups to spread
nationalism, humanity and social awareness and the need for
complete independence.
- He was among the first to criticize the outlook and
policy Mahatma Gandhi.
- In 1921 session of the Indian National Congress, he
delivered in his presidential speech a severe criticism of
Gandhi's ideas as based on magic rather than logic.
- The trio 'Lal-Bal-Pal' had advocated radical means to
get their message across to the British, like boycotting
British manufactured goods, burning Western clothes and
strikes and lockouts of British owned businesses and
industrial concerns.
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