Lokmanya tilak a biography

  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak, endeared as Lokmanya, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist.
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    Lokmanya Tilak: A Biography

    July 24,
    “Lives of great men are like music, the tunes of which linger in our ears long after they are heard no more. Death snatches an individual from this earth, time draws its veil over him and he becomes a part of the past which grows dim as days roll on. In the case of great men, however, the past creeps into the present and becomes a part of the future. We remember them because we feel their presence in our midst…”

    The desire for deliverance created during his early years and the teachings of Mill, Spencer and Comte, inculcated in him during his college days, led Tilak to the decision of dedicating his life to the cause of his country. The method of translating this pronouncement into action had also to be determined.

    The stimulating ideas of Dadabhai, the exciting fervour of Chiplunkar, the pioneering social work of Ranade, and the heated discussions with Agarkar, helped Tilak find this way, and he started the arduous journey of public work th

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    Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    Indian independence activist (–)

    For the poet, see Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak.

    "Lokmanya Tilak" redirects here. For other uses, see Lokmanya Tilak (disambiguation).

    Lokmanya

    Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    Born

    Keshav Gangadhar Tilak


    ()23 July

    Ratnagiri, Bombay Presidency, British India
    (present-day Maharashtra, India)

    Died1 August () (aged&#;64)

    Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
    (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)

    NationalityBritish Indian
    Other&#;namesThe Father of the Indian Unrest
    The Maker of Modern India
    Occupation(s)Author, politician, freedom fighter
    Political partyIndian National Congress
    MovementIndian Independence movement
    Indian Home Rule movement
    SpouseSatyabhamabai Tilak
    Children3

    Bal Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciationⓘ; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak[3][4] (pronunciation: [keʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək]); 23 July – 1 August ), endeared as Lokmanya (I

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    Lokmanya Tilak – A Biography

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    Foreword by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Former President of India

    by A.K. Bhagwat, G.P. Pradhan

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    Swaraj is my birthright, And I shall have it.

    This biography of Lokmanya Tilak was written in collaboration by Prof. A.K. Bhagwat and Prof. G.P. Pradhan in , the birth-centenary year of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The book was awarded a prize in the All India Competition held under the auspices of the All India Congress Committee. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan had written the foreword to this biography.

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    A.K. Bhagwat

    Late Prof. A.K. Bhagwat was an eminent teacher of English Literature. He taught in Willingdon College, Sangli and later on in The Arts, Commerce and Science College at Wai, where he was the Principal. Prof. Bhagwat edited the writings of the Gandhian thinker Acharya S.J. Bhagwat