10 Lines on ‘Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak’
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak on born July 22, 1856 at Ratnagiri. He was from a royal family, but his father was a schoolteacher.
- He did his schooling at Poona High School and then joined the Deccan College. He completed a degree in law in 1879.
- He was one of the prime architects of modern India and heralded Asian nationalism. His philosophy could not survive after his death as India came under the sway of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Tilak joined the other freedom fighters in their struggle for independence.
- He believed that the British had to be paid back in their own coin by fighting back.
- In 1881, Tilak started two magazines, ‘Kesari’ in Marathi and ‘Maratha’ in English.
- In 1885, he established the Deccan Education Society.
- Tilak gave the famous slogan, “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it.” In 1905, Tilak was arrested and sent to Mandalay Jail for six years.
- He started the Home Rule Movement.
- Tilak is known as the Father of Indian Nationalism. He died on 1st May 1920.
