◆called ‘father of the Indian unrest” by British colonial rulers.
◆Jawaharlal Nehru called him the ‘father of Indian revolution
◆Mahatma Gandhi described Tilak as ‘the maker of modern India
◆His famous declaration “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it
◆joined the INC in 1890
Tilak and his supporters came to be known as the extremist wing of INC.
◆celebrations on ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ and ‘Shivaji Jayanti 1892
◆newspapers –‘Mahratta’ (English) and ‘Kesari’ (Marathi).
◆founding father of the Deccan Education Society created in 1884.
◆opposed to moderate ways and views
◆He spent 6 years in Mandalay prison from 1908 to 1914 for writing articles defending Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose.
◆one of the founders of the All India Home Rule League, along with Annie Besant and G S Khaparde.
◆against the blatant westernisation of society.
◆opposed to the age of consent bill initially in which the age of marriage of girls was proposed to be raised from 10 to 12
◆two books byTilak:
Gita Rahasya
Arctic Home of the Vedas
◆Tilak started the Swadeshi movement in India and to promote it, Tilak with Jamshedji Tata established Bombay Swadeshi Stores
◆Opened Swadeshi Wastu Pracharini Sabha during swadeshi movements 1905
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