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GANGADHAR TILAK…..
BY: A.MEENAKSHI.YADAV
CLASS 10
INTRODUCTION
Bal Gangadhar Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak also
known as Lokmanya Tilak meaning "accepted by the people
(as their leader)", was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an
independence activist.
He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal trio.
Tilak was the first leader of the Indian Independence
Movement.
The British colonial authorities called him "The father of the
Indian unrest."
Mahatma Gandhi called him "The Maker of Modern India“
and “Father of the Indian Revolution” by Jawaharlal Nehru.
EARLY LIFE
Tilak was born on 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri now in Maharashtra
state, India into a cultured middle-class Brahman family.
He did bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and Sanskrit in 1876
at Deccan College in Poona.
He married Satyabhamabai (Tapi bai) in 1871 when he was
sixteen, a few months before his father's death. His family…
He then studied law, receiving his degree in 1879 from
the University of Bombay (now Mumbai). At that point,
however, he decided to teach mathematics in a private school in
Poona.
Later, due to ideological differences with the colleagues in the
new school, he withdrew and became a journalist. Tilak actively
participated in public affairs.
His house at Ratnagiri…..
ACHEIVEMENTS
Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the Deccan Education
Society in 1884, to educate people especially in the
English language based on the believe that English is
a powerful force for liberal and democratic ideals.
One of the founders of the Fergusson College Deccan Education Society
(1885) in Pune through the Deccan Education
Society.
He joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in
1890 and started self-rule. He was the first
nationalist freedom fighter who brought the concept
of 'Swaraj’.
ACHEIVEMENTS
Two important festivals were also organised by Bal
Gangadhar Tilak namely Ganesh in 1893 and
Shivaji in 1895.
Ganesha because the God is headed by the
Ganesh festival during his times…
elephant and worshipped by all Hindus and Shivaji
because he was the first Hindu ruler who fought
against Muslim power in India and established the
Maratha Empire in the 17th century.
He started the Swadeshi movement in India and
established Bombay Swadeshi Stores to promote
the national movement along with Jamshed Tata.