Who started the Home Rule League in April 1916?

Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Indian Home Rule League in April 1916 at Poona. Its work covered Maharashtra, Karnataka, the Central Provinces and Berar. The official Amrit Mahotsav source also identifies Tilak with the first Home Rule League in April 1916, while Annie Besant's Home Rule League was a September 1916 development. The chronology of the two Home Rule League initiatives is decisive: April 1916 belongs to Tilak; Besant comes later.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) Annie Besant launched her Home Rule League in September 1916, not April 1916.
• (C) Mahatma Gandhi had returned to India in 1915 and was not involved in the Home Rule League.
• (D) Jawaharlal Nehru was too young to lead the movement in 1916, while the April 1916 league is tied to Tilak.

Concept

Modern Indian History chronology of the Home Rule movement often turns on founder-date pairings that separate Tilak's April 1916 initiative from Besant's later one.

Source

• Amrit Mahotsav Series, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
• https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?9725=

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