Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak electrified the Indian people with his electric phrase, "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall get it," and breathed fresh life into our independence cause. The banner under which he fought for India's freedom was also famous - "Hindi, Hindustan, Hindu Rashtra." It means that India is a language, it is an idea, and it is a nation. India without its languages, cultures, and identities would be like a rock in water: they would be dissolved immediately. This is why Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak said that "Hindi, Hindustan, Hindu Rashtra" was his banner; under this banner, he fought for India's independence. He used this slogan when he started a movement against the British Raj. This movement came to be known as the Hindi Language Movement because Bal Gangadhar Tilak advocated making English a second official language along with Hindi. He believed that only by doing so could India become free. The slogan became very popular after his death and has been used ever since by many Indians who have fought for their own country's independence or freedom from foreign rule. Today, the slogan is used by activists who want to promote the use of the national language.