The correct answer is B) N.S. Hardikar.
N.S. Hardikar was a freedom fighter and socialist leader known as the “Karnataka Kesari”. He was born in 1889 in the village of Hardi in the Belgaum district of Karnataka. He was educated at the Fergusson College in Pune and the Elphinstone College in Mumbai. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1907 and became a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was one of the founders of the Hindu Mahasabha in 1925. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for his political activities. He died in 1940.
Sarojini Naidu was a poet, freedom fighter, and politician. She was born in 1879 in Hyderabad, India. She was educated at the King’s College London and the University of Madras. She married Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a leading Indian nationalist. She was one of the founders of the All India Women’s Conference in 1927. She was also the first woman Governor of the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh). She died in 1949.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a freedom fighter and social reformer. He was born in 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. He was educated at the Elphinstone College in Mumbai. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885. He was also the founder of the Deccan Education Society and the Kesari newspaper. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for his political activities. He died in 1920.
Annie Besant was an Irish-born social reformer, theosophist, and political activist. She was born in 1847 in London. She married Frank Besant in 1867. She became interested in theosophy in 1875. She moved to India in 1893. She became a leader of the Indian independence movement. She was also the President of the Indian National Congress in 1917. She died in 1933.