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Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of " Swaraj " ( self-rule ) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness.
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Tilak and was
Lokmanya Tilak ( ), born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak ( – ), was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
Lokmanya Tilak was born at Chummakachu Lane ( Ranjani Aaleea ) in Chikhalgaon, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra to a Chitpavan Brahmin family.
His father, Shri Gangadhar Tilak was a famous school teacher and a Sanskrit scholar who died when Tilak was sixteen.
Tilak was among one of the first generation of Indians to receive a college education.
Tilak was expected, as was the tradition then, to actively participate in public affairs.
Tilak began a mass movement towards independence that was camouflaged by an emphasis on a religious and cultural revival.
Tilak took up the people's cause by publishing inflammatory articles in his paper Kesari ( Kesari was written in Marathi, and Maratha was written in English ), quoting the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, to say that no blame could be attached to anyone who killed an oppressor without any thought of reward.
Tilak was charged with incitement to murder and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.
Following the partition of Bengal in 1905, which was a strategy set out by Lord Curzon to weaken the nationalist movement, Tilak encouraged the Swadeshi movement and the Boycott movement.
Tilak opposed the moderate views of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and was supported by fellow Indian nationalists Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal and Lala Lajpat Rai in Punjab.
As a result, Tilak was sent to Mandalay, Burma from 1908 to 1914.
Tilak was impressed by the Russian Revolution, and expressed his admiration for Vladimir Lenin.
When asked in Calcutta whether he envisioned a Maratha-type of government for Free India, Tilak replied that the Maratha-dominated governments of 17th and 18th centuries were outmoded in the 20th century, and he wanted a genuine federal system for Free India where every religion and race was an equal partner.
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was the first editor of Kesari, a prominent Marathi weekly in his days, which was started by Lokmanya Tilak in 1880-81.
Shastri was influenced by major Indian nationalist leaders including Tilak and Gandhi.
Tilak and one
Gokhale ’ s first major confrontation with Tilak centered around one of his pet projects, the Age of Consent Bill introduced by the British Imperial Government, in 1891-92.
The construction by the Bombay Housing Board in Station Colony ( Subash Nagar ), the Shell Colony ( Sahakar Nagar ), and the Township Colony ( Tilak Nagar ) in 1955 – 58 transformed the area completely by shifting it from an industrial suburb to a residential one.
The former traces its roots to Tilak, and the latter is synonymous with the name Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who was one of the first alumni of the college.
Twentieth Century history reveals that one of the renowned Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak erected a bungalow above the fort.
Tilak and first
Deva was first drawn to nationalism around 1915 under the influence of B G Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh.
The Deccan Gymkhana of Pune, so named and baptised by the great Indian leader Lokmanya Tilak drafted the first ever rules and regulations which symbolised the metamorphosis of the game soon to follow.
Tilak founded the first League in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
Ram made his first contribution to the freedom struggle by organizing a small hartal on the death of Lokmanya Tilak.
The Wada still has the offices of Kesari, and mementos of Tilak, including his writing desk original letters and documents, and the first India national flag unfurled by Madame Cama.
The Indian desire for complete freedom, or Swaraj, was born with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, whose followers were the first to express the desire for complete independence, an idea that did not catch on until after World War I.
The first was named Lokamanya after the Congress leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
He was the first to give the call for Swarajya – " India for Indians " – in 1876, later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
Tilak and Swaraj
Tilak, in his paper Kesari, defended the revolutionaries and called for immediate Swaraj or self-rule.
Tilak advocated the philosophy of Swaraj and was soon imprisoned for his support of revolutionary activities.
Tilak and self-rule
Tilak traveled from village to village trying to conjure up support from farmers and locals to join the movement towards self-rule.
Tilak and radical
As a young man, he was inspired by the new generation of radical political leaders namely Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai along with the political struggle against the partition of Bengal and the rising Swadeshi campaign.
Tilak and Indian
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a leader of the Indian freedom movement, mentions thus:
* 1856 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and social reformer ( d. 1920 )
** Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist ( b. 1856 )
* Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak begins agitation for Indian home Rule.
* July 23 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian political activist ( d. 1920 )
Tilak joined the Indian National Congress in 1890.
Later, Tilak re-united with his fellow nationalists and re-joined the Indian National Congress in 1916.
Tilak, who started his political life as a Maratha propagandist, progressed into a prominent nationalist after his close association with Indian nationalists following the partition of Bengal.
His speeches had influence on the contemporaneous and subsequent Indian leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Bipin Chandra Pal, Balgangadhar Tilak and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Thousands of visitors came to him during these years including the Maharaja of Gwalior and the leaders the Indian National Congress including Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Gokhale, though an earlier leader of the Indian nationalist movement, was not primarily concerned with independence but rather with social reform ; he believed such reform would be best achieved by working within existing British government institutions, a position which earned him the enmity of more aggressive nationalists such as Tilak.
In the early days of national struggle and before Gandhi, the Indian National Congress was known to be under Lal-Bal-Pal i. e. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and the leading of the three Balgangadhar Tilak often dubbed Lokmanya Tilak.
Inspired by Indian independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the early 1900s, he later became a member of the Salem municipality in 1911.
It was during this period that Garam Dal, ( literally translated as Hot Faction ) was formed under the leadership of Tilak, due to the split of Indian National Congress.
His political thoughts were initially influenced by the moderate Indian National Congress leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale, but later, he moved towards the more extremist Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Stalwarts in the Indian independence movements such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Mahadev Namjoshi put their collective efforts into the formation of a modern school for their countrymen.
The founders of Fergusson College, most notably Tilak and Gokhale were amongst the leaders of the Indian National Congress in its early stages from 1885 to 1920.
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