Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 at

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’.