<span style="color: #222222;">Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a two-day international webinar on the theme of 'Lokmanya Tilak – Swaraj to Self-reliant India' organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on the 100th death anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.<br />''<br />''In his address, Mr Shah said that Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak played a key role in the making of the Indian Independence movement complete in letter and spirit. The Home Minister said that the slogan of 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it' given by Lokmanya Tilak, will always be written in golden letters in the history of the Indian Independence Movement.<br />''<br />''Mr Shah said that this slogan may seem natural to utter in our times, but in the 19th century very few people could have dared of uttering it and sacrificing their life and working for it to make it turn into reality. Mr Shah further said that Tilak's idea of India as a nation, Indian culture and Indian customs are equally relevant today.<br />''<br />''Appealing to the youth, the Home Minister said that if one wants to know the glorious history of India and Indian culture, then Bal Gangadhar Tilak's writings will have to be understood.</span><br />