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Born on July 23, 1856, Tilak was raised in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. He was just 16 when he got married to Tapibai. Bal Gangadhar Tilak(HT) In 1877, Tilak received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Deccan College in Pune. In 1879, he completed LLB from the Government Law College, Bombay. After studies, Tilak took up teaching in a school and then went on to become a journalist. With the goal of improving the quality of education, Tilak, along with friends, co-founded the New English school in 1880. In 1884, Tilak and his associates established the Deccan Education Society to spread nationalistic ideas and to protect Indian culture. In 1885, the society started the Fergusson College. In 1890, he left the education society in the quest for concrete political work. First step into politics Tilak’s political career began even before Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India from South Africa. In 1890, he became a member of the Indian National Congress. He, however, was a staunch critic of the party’s moderate approach towards fighting British colonial rule. Fearless Writer Tilak was also among the founders of the weekly newspapers Kesari and Mahratta, that was published in Marathi and English, respectively. He wrote several articles in which he strongly criticised the policies undertaken by the British government and urged people to rise against the tyranny and oppression associated with the colonial rule. After the killing of two British officers in 1897, purportedly by the Chap...

Remembering Tilak Maharaj by Jyotsna Kamat First Online: August 15, 1998 Page Last Updated: January 27, 2023 Bal Gangadhar Tilak's contribution to modern India stands on par with that of Mahatma Gandhi's. Tilak was a great Sanskrit scholar and astronomer. He fixed the origin and date of Rigvedic Aryans, which was highly acclaimed and universally accepted by orientalists of his time. His role in Congress and advocating Home Rule for India were enormous. His newspaper (Kesari) founded in 1881 is going strong even today. Hundreds of schools in India were result of his vision. We owe the mass celebration of the Ganesh festival (see: Swadeshi and of social reform. In 1920, when Tilak passed away, 200,000 mourners assembled on Chowpati beach of Bombay, without a single untoward incident. It is very hard to condense the great man's contribution to our country, but I have made an attempt below. -- Jyotsna Kamat August 15, 1998 India's Independence Day " Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!" were the fiery words of Tilak which roused a sleeping nation to action, making Indian people aware of their political plight under a foreign rule. Tilak did not question the British Sovereignty nor his demands rebellious or revolutionary. All he was asking was favorable conditions in India, to enable people to learn to govern themselves. May be all over the world, the separatist forces should follow his vision and define freedom as ability to govern one's land. But the handful rulers wh...

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer, and popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Read to know about his brave life. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an important leader of the Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, infamously known as “The father of the Indian unrest” is one of the first leaders who stood for Swaraj or Self-Rule in India. He also popularized the quote “Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it”. Table of Contents • • • • • • • Early life of Bal Gangadhar Tilak Birth: 23 rd July 1856 Tilak was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family in Ratnagiri (Bombay presidency). His father was a teacher and Sanskrit scholar who died when Tilak was 16 years old. Tilak married Tapibai (later changed to Satyabhamabai) in 1871. Education: In 1877 he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Deccan college of Pune. He left his M.A course midway to study law (LLB). In 1879 he obtained his LLB degree from government law college, University of Bombay. After graduating he started teaching mathematics at a private school in Pune, from where he withdrew later and became a journalist. Tilak the educationist 1880: Tilak co-founded the New English School for secondary education with a few of his associates like Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, and Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. Their goal was to improve the quality of education for the youth of India. 1884: Deccan Education Society was set up by them to further thei...