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.”
The Indian Mutiny of 1857 resulted in a change to British policy. The policies that were adopted by the British towards native states after the revolt of 1857 were to maintain the status quo of Indian states.
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