#LokmanyaBalGangadharTilak - the ‘Maker of Modern #India’ and the ‘Father of India’s Revolution’
Tributes to a nationalist, teacher, social reformer, author and one of the first leaders of the Indian Independence Movement on his death centenary.
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Tributes to a nationalist, teacher, social reformer, author and one of the first leaders of the Indian Independence Movement on his death centenary.
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#LokmanyaTilak made everyone aware of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s idea of #Swarajya (self-rule).
He started grand public celebrations of ‘Ganeshotsav’ and ‘Shiv Jayanti’ in order to unite the masses.
#LokmanyaTilak ignited patriotic consciousness among the masses...
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He started grand public celebrations of ‘Ganeshotsav’ and ‘Shiv Jayanti’ in order to unite the masses.
#LokmanyaTilak ignited patriotic consciousness among the masses...
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...during one of the most difficult periods in the freedom struggle.
His trisutri or three-point programme for national awakening – Swaraj, Swadeshi and Nationalist Education – lit the fire of self-pride and activism in a nation that was despairing and directionless.
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His trisutri or three-point programme for national awakening – Swaraj, Swadeshi and Nationalist Education – lit the fire of self-pride and activism in a nation that was despairing and directionless.
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#LokmanyaTilak’s most strongest weapon against the British were his words.
He started two weeklies, #Kesari ("The Lion") in Marathi and #Maratha in English in 1880–81 with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the first editor. By this he was recognized as 'awakener of India'.
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He started two weeklies, #Kesari ("The Lion") in Marathi and #Maratha in English in 1880–81 with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the first editor. By this he was recognized as 'awakener of India'.
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#LokmanyaTilak was one of the tallest leaders of the #INC. The #British were so scared of him that they convicted him of sedition in 1908 and banished him to Mandalay for 6 years.
Tilak’s banishment to Burma witnessed the first ever political strike by...
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Tilak’s banishment to Burma witnessed the first ever political strike by...
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...the working class; the textile workers of Bombay, Hindus of all castes as well as Muslims, struck work for six days, one day for every year of the sentence.
#LokmanyaTilak was a great academician as well. He co-founded the New English School...
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#LokmanyaTilak was a great academician as well. He co-founded the New English School...
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...in 1880 and Deccan Education Society in 1884 to create a new system of education that taught young Indians nationalist ideas through an emphasis on Indian culture.
#LokmanyaTilak was a social reformer as well. He advocated education for all...
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#LokmanyaTilak was a social reformer as well. He advocated education for all...
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..., widow remarriage, annihilation of the caste system and was a staunch critic of the child marriage.
But he was strongly against getting help from the British to achieve these reforms.
Getting independence from the British was his primary objective.
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But he was strongly against getting help from the British to achieve these reforms.
Getting independence from the British was his primary objective.
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#LokmanyaBalGangadharTilak was a leader of the masses. His funeral at Chowpatty Beach was attended by over a million people. The pall-bearers included #MahatmaGandhi and #PanditNehru as well.
100 years ago, India lost one of her greatest sons.
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100 years ago, India lost one of her greatest sons.
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