Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 at

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The correct answer is Belgaon.

Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 in Belgaon. (Meeting was held in Belgaon in which it was decided to Formed Home Rule League.)
The headquarters of the Home Rule League formed by Lokmanya Tilak was at Pune.

Key Points

Home Rule Movement (1916 AD):
- The Home Rule League was pioneered on the lines of a similar movement in Ireland.
- The Muslim League also supported the movement.
Tilak’s Home Rule Movement:
- It started in April 1916 AD at Belgaon Tilak’s league was to work in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Province and Berar, excluding Bombay.
- Josef Baptista became the President and N.C. Kelkar secretary.
- He gave the slogan ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’.
- Tilak’s newspapers Maratha and Kesari were the organs for home rule.
Annie Basant’s Home Rule Movement:
- Started with Subramaniya Iyer in Adyar in September, worked in the rest of India.
- Annie Besant’s newspapers New India, and Commonweal became important for this movement. She coined the term ‘commonwealth’.