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| Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Social Reformer |
Swaraj is my birthright, and I
shall have it! - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920),
born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was a popular leader of the people who fought for
Indian independence during the Indian Independence Movement. He was a
journalist, teacher, social reformer, playwright, and lawyer. He was also a
political extremist. He founded the Home Rule League in 1915. He was given the epithets
"Father of the Indian unrest" by the British colonial authorities and
“Father of Indian Consciousness”. Tilak was also addressed by the honorific
"Lokmanya" (meaning: "Accepted by the people as their leader). -
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