Waghera rising took place from 18181 to 1820. The Waghera chiefs of Okha Mandal took up arms against the alien rule coupled with the exactions of the Gaekward of Baroda supported by the British government.
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.”