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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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01 August / death date
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The full name of Lokmanya Tilak was Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was born on July 23, 1856 in a
Brahmin family named Chitpavak. His father Shri Gangadhar Tilak Rao was a skilled teacher.
Tilak was deprived of the affection of his parents in his childhood itself.

In 1899 he completed his B.A., L.L.B. Has received the title of. He was very self-respecting
and talented since childhood. Inspired by the spirit of patriotism, he started a school in January,
1880. Initially it had only 18 students. He was also an educationist. In 1890, he contributed
significantly to the promotion of education by establishing the Deccan Education Society and
Fergusson College.

In 1881, Tilak ji spread the light of independence to the people by publishing * Maratha * and *
Kesari * letters. In these letters he criticized the feudal tyranny of the Baroda and Kolhapur
states. Therefore, they were sued and they started the tradition of celebrating Ganapati and
Shivaji festivals to wake up the masses and to inculcate the feeling of unity and nationalism in
them.

In 1896, an epidemic of plague spread in Maharashtra. Thousands of people came in its grip.
Life became difficult due to earthquake and famine. Even on this, the British rule forcefully
started collecting rent from the exploited and suffering people. Due to which the public got
angry.

Tilak started openly criticizing these heinous acts of the British rule. Inspired by this, the
revolutionaries shot dead two British officers named Rand and Aystard. Tilak was tried for
treason and was sentenced to 18 months.

Congress was established in 1885. Lokmanya joined it in 1889 and he made the national
movement dynamic in various forms.

Tilak was the leader of the Garam Dal in the Congress. It was he who first gave the slogan that
Swarajya is our birthright, we will take it.

In 1908, Tilak ji was sent to Mandalay Jail for 06 years for sedition. He was also fined one
thousand rupees. Entire countrymen opposed this. While staying in Mandalay Jail, he wrote a
book named "Gita Rahasya".

When this book was published in 1915, it sold five thousand copies in a week. This is the only
unique book of trend-oriented interpretation on Shrimad Bhagwat Gita.
Home Rule was established in 1916. On May 01, 1916, Lokmanya was tried again and the bond
of good conduct was filled for one year.

On July 23, 1916, his 61st birthday was celebrated with great fanfare throughout the country
and a bag of one lakh rupees was presented to him.

Tilak ji was rich in versatility. He was a freedom fighter and also a great scholar philosopher. He
was an educationist and also a journalist. Despite being a staunch Sanatani Brahmin, he was in
favor of harmony and social justice. He used to say - "To maintain untouchability in our society
is like committing a sin before God."
By writing a book named "Arctic Home of Vedas" and "Gita Rahasya", he proved that he had
amazing talent of writing.

In the history of the national movement, he put an end to the soft sect and propounded the hot
sect. Therefore, from 1905 to 1920, he continued to lead the national movement. That's why this
era is called Tilak era.

Accepting him as his political guru, Mahatma Gandhi has written – coming generations will
remember him as the father of modern India.

Tilak ji made Hindutva the medium of nationalism and by restoring India's ancient civilization
and culture, made an important contribution in national awakening!

He was strongly opposed to the western education system and used to say that no individual or
society can survive by forgetting its nature and its traditional natural form.

The life of this great man came to an end on 01 August 1920 at the age of just 64 years.