According to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, only boycott can help to achieve Swaraj. He asked his followers to work for Swaraj until it is achieved and said: “Swarajya is my birth-right; I will have it.”
Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is called so because of his 61 long years of immense contribution to Indian freedom struggle against the British. He served 40 years before the formation of INC and 21 more years after that.