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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Tilak, born on July23
1856,was one of the earliest architect of the edifice of nationalist
movement in India. He received formal and collage education mainly in
Poona. He passed B.A. in first class and it was during this time he was
highly influenced by western Thinkers like Hegel, Kant, Spencer, Mill and
Bentham. The studies made him realise the state in which his motherland
existed under British Rule.
After graduation he spurned the Government service and devoted his time
in national awakening. He joined fellow activists like Agarkar, Chiplunkar
and Namjoshi to set up New English School. He joined the Indian National
Congress, which acquired a new dimension because of his stature. He
opposed the 'Age of Consent Bill' strongly. It was at this time he emerged
as a strong-voiced politician. In 1896, Bombay was hit by a deadly Plague.
Tilak, who edited the newspapers, 'Kesari' and 'Marattha', hit back
strongly at the administrative system charging them of taking inadequate
measures and ignoring responsibilities. The British lawmakers didn't find
it amusing and he was jailed for 18 months. In1907, he formed a radicalist
faction inside the Congress and started the Home-Rule League along with an
Irish lady, Ms. Annie Besant. Though a conservatist towards social
reforms, he was a pioneer to foresee that mass support was needed to make
his motherland free from imperialistic clutches. In order to bring the
Maratha people together on the same platform, he started the celebration
of Shivaji Festival. In 1908 he aimed at militant mass movement and
expressed his views on Swarajya at the Calcutta session of I.N.C. In the
same year he was arrested for conspiring against the Queen when he raised
his voice against the partition of Bengal. He was jailed for 6 years. When
the 'Indian Reforms Act' was introduced in 1919, he rejected it describing
it as inadequate, disappointing and unsatisfactory. He launched the
Congress Democratic Party in 1920 but before he could take up the action,
he suddenly died on 1st August, leaving behind millions of mourners.
A champion of the downtrodden people, Tilak was given the sobriquet "Lokmanya".
He also authored books such as 'Geeta Rahasya" and "Arctic Home of Vedas".
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