The name of Bal Gangadhar Tilak is paramount among the great freedom fighters of India. He called upon the people of the country to unite against the British. His slogan was - "Swaraj is my birthright and we will take it".In those days Lal-Bal-Pal i.e. Lal Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal were all three names very famous. People loved him very much. He was so recognized among the people that people considered him as their ideal. That's why he was called Lokmanya Tilak.That great patriot defeated the path of independence and breathed his last on 1 August 1920. Due to his hard work, India became independent on 15 August 1947. Click for complete biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
The spark had started burning for independence in the country, in those days a great freedom fighter was born, who later shook the roots of the British rule. We are talking about Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, whose initial name was Keshav Gangadhar, but more popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak. Tilak ji spread awareness to remove all evils from the society along with the independence of the country throughout his life. For this, he composed the Gita Rahasya, through which he emphasized the primacy of action. On the birth anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, take a look at his brief life…
Lokmanya Tilak was born on 23 July 1856 in Chikhali village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra province. His initial name was Keshav Gangadhar. He was called Lokmanya because of his logic, punctuLokmanya Tilak was born in such a period, when a great preparation was being done for independence in the country. Lokmanya Tilak's childhood and education were completed in those circumstances, when the British repression was going on after the failure of this first armed and organized revolution in the country. The British were brutally suppressing every thread of revolution. Revolutionaries and fighters of armed struggle were being searched and hanged together, villages were being burnt in search of them. Amidst this scene of mass repression, Tilak regained consciousness.ality and accurate and common words.