The 100th anniversary of the death of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak is celebrated today
Anniversary of the death of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak: One of the gun freedom fighters and staunchest supporter of ‘purna swaraj‘or’ total autonomy ‘, the 100th anniversary of the death of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak is celebrated today. Lokmanya Tilak ‘sloganSwaraj is my birthright and I will “catch the imagination of a country struggling to free itself from colonial rule.” Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak died on August 1, 1920 in Mumbai.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak has tirelessly contributed to helping the country free itself from British rule. A member of the Lal-Bal-Pal troika (Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal), Bal Gangadhar Tilak has been called the “father of Indian troubles” by British colonial leaders.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a scholar, writer, mathematician and philosopher. He received the title “Lokmanya”, which means “beloved leader” by his followers.
Lokmanya Tilak was educated at Deccan College in Pune and graduated in 1876 in Mathematics and Sanskrit. He later also studied law at the University of Bombay. He founded the Deccan Education Society in 1884 with the aim of educating ordinary people in English.
Lokmanya Tilak founded and edited two newspapers – Kesari in Marathi and The Mahratta in English. He used his pen as a weapon to criticize the colonial rulers.
He has been imprisoned several times, including a long stay in Mandalay, Myanmar. During his years in prison, he spent his time reading and writing. He wrote the famous’Gita Rahasya‘- an analysis of Karma Yoga which finds its source in the Bhagavad Gita.
While Jawaharlal Nehru called him the “father of the Indian revolution”, Mahatma Gandhi described Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak as “the creator of modern India”.
