Joseph Baptista - wikipedia Joseph Baptista Joseph Baptista Mayor of Bombay In office 1925 -- 1926 Personal details ( 1864 - 03 - 17 ) 17 March 1864 Matharpacady, Mazagaon, Bombay 18 September 1930 ( aged 66 ) Bombay Resting place Sewri cemetery Citizenship Indian Nationality Indian Parents John Baptista Residence Bombay Education Barrister Alma mater University of Bombay University of Cambridge Occupation Engineer in the forest department Known for Mayor of Bombay Website kakabaptista.com Joseph `` Kaka '' Baptista ( 17 March 1864 -- 1930 ) was an Indian politician and activist from Bombay ( today known as Mumbai ), closely associated with the Lokmanya Tilak and the Home Rule Movement. He is credited with the coining of the popular phrase `` Swaraj is my Birthright and I shall have it ''. He was elected as the Mayor of Bombay in 1925. He was given the title Kaka that means `` uncle ''. Contents 1 Early life 2 Political activism 3 Death 4 See also 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links Early life Joseph Baptista was born on 17 March 1864 in Matharpacady in Mazagaon, Bombay. His father, John Baptista hailed from Uttan, near Bassein ( now Vasai ). The Baptistas belonged to the East Indian ethnic community, who were converted to Roman Catholicism during Portuguese rule between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. He completed his early education from St. Mary 's School, Mumbai. He then joined the College of Engineering in Pune and later pursued a BA degree in Political Science from the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. During this period, he first met Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Political activism In 1901, Baptista joined the Bombay Municipal Corporation, and would be a part of the BMC for the next 17 years. Influenced by the Irish Home Rule movement, Baptista 's ideas on an Indian version took root. His ideas deeply influenced Tilak and the two became close associates. He assisted Tilak by launching the Sarvajanik Ganpati ( public Ganpati celebrations ) to raise nationalistic feelings. In addition, Baptista coined the phrase `` Swaraj is my Birthright '', that was later made popular by Tilak. In 1916, along with Tilak, Annie Besant founded the Home Rule Movement, with Baptista opening the Belgaum unit. He was also the legal advisor to Lokmanya Tilak. Later he interviewed British Prime Minister David Lloyd George for the British government 's views on the Home Rule. In the interview, Baptista gained the impression `` that the Cabinet had decided to give India the fullest possible measure of Home Rule without delay. '' Baptista was also a practising barrister at the Bombay High Court. One of his most high - profile clients was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, where he demanded an open trial to assure the dignity of fundamental rights. In 1920, founded the All India Trade Union Congress ( AITUC ). As a labour leader he took up the cause of mill workers and postmen and other blue collar workers. Although religious, he refused to mix politics and religion refusing to have separate religion - based electorates. I thoroughly disapprove of separate electorate for Indian Christians in water - tight compartments In 1925, Baptista was elected as the Mayor of the Bombay Municipal Corporation, a post that he occupied for a year. Death Baptista died in 1930 and is buried in the Sewri cemetery. The Mazagon Gardens, site of the demolished Mazagaon Fort, near Dockyard Road station is named after him. On 12 October 2008, his tomb at Sewri cemetery was restored with the funds of local MLC Kapil Patil. The ceremony was attended by members of the Bombay Catholic Sabha and Shikshak Bharati, a teacher 's organisation. In 1999, a book on Baptista titled Joseph Baptista : The father of Home Rule in India was released by KR Shirsat at Lalbaug in Mumbai. Through the book, the author hoped that Baptista would be a role model for modern - day youths. See also Home Rule Movement Joseph Baptista Gardens Further reading Shirsat, Shirsat ( 1974 ). Kaka Joseph Baptista : Father of Home Rule Movement in India. Popular Prakashan. p. 179. Shirsat, K.R. Joseph Baptista : The Father of Home Rule in India. 1999. Shirsat, K.R. Speeches and Writings of Kaka Joseph Baptista on the Labour Movement of India. 2000. References ^ Jump up to : `` Kaka Baptista ''. East Indian Community. Retrieved 12 October 2008. Jump up ^ `` When a Catholic gave India the slogan : `` Freedom is my birthright '' ``. www.livingfaith.in. Retrieved 9 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Baptista, Joseph ( BPTT895J ) ''. A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Jump up ^ Deshpande, Swati ( 22 December 2007 ). `` 77,000 judges needed to clear backlog : CJI ''. Times of India. Times Group. Retrieved 12 October 2008. Jump up ^ Turner, John ( 1990 ). Lloyd George 's Secretariat. CUP Archive. p. 254. ISBN 978 - 0 - 521 - 22370 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Christian leaders tombs at Sewri restored ''. Times of India. Times Group. 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008. Jump up ^ `` Book on Kaka Baptista released ''. Indian Express. Express Group. 21 May 1999. Retrieved 12 October 2008. External links Official website East Indians LCCN : n89287517 VIAF : 1610105 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Baptista&oldid=854151782 '' Categories : Mayors of Mumbai 19th - century Indian engineers 19th - century Indian lawyers 1864 births 1930 deaths University of Mumbai alumni Trade unionists from Maharashtra Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Indian independence activists from Maharashtra Members of Central Legislative Assembly of India 20th - century Indian engineers 20th - century Indian lawyers Politicians from Mumbai Hidden categories : EngvarB from September 2014 Use dmy dates from September 2014 All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from November 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Pages using infobox officeholder with unknown parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2017 Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia मराठी Edit links This page was last edited on 9 August 2018, at 09 : 09 ( UTC ). 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Question: who gave the slogan swaraj is my birth
Answer: Joseph "Kaka" Baptista