Freedom fighters and their slogans

The slogan is the fingerprint — learn it and the name comes free.

The question

Who gave the slogan 'Do or Die'?

The trick

Each leader has one slogan that belongs only to them. Learn the pair together and either half will pull up the other.

Worked example

1'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro) — Mahatma Gandhi, Quit India, 1942
2'Give me blood, and I will give you freedom' — Subhas Chandra Bose, who also gave 'Jai Hind'
3'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it' — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4'Inquilab Zindabad' — made famous by Bhagat Singh
5'Sare Jahan Se Achha' — written by Muhammad Iqbal
6'Vande Mataram' — written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

So: Mahatma Gandhi, during the Quit India Movement of 1942

Remember it like this

Match the mood to the man: Gandhi is calm and firm, Bose is fiery, Tilak is defiant. The tone of the slogan points at its author.

In the exam

Attach a date wherever you can — Quit India 1942, Non-Cooperation 1920, Dandi March 1930, Jallianwala Bagh 1919. Questions frequently ask for the movement and the year, not just the person.

Why it works

Slogans are short, rhythmic and emotional — three properties that make language stick. That is exactly why they were written that way, and it works on students too.

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Try it yourself

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Who said 'Give me blood, and I will give you freedom'?
Who said 'Give me blood, and I will give you freedom'?
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Who said 'Swaraj is my birthright'?
Who said 'Swaraj is my birthright'?
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In which year was the Quit India Movement? (year only)
In which year was the Quit India Movement? (year only)
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Who wrote 'Vande Mataram'?
Who wrote 'Vande Mataram'?