10 Amazing ‘158th Birth Anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak’ Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

1)      Lokmanya Tilak or Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on 23^rd July 1856 and he died on 1^st August 1920.

2)      Since so many years, 23^rd July is celebrated annually as Lokmanya Tilak Birth Anniversary all over India.

3)      Lokmanya Tilak was born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak in Chitpavan Brahmin family in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

4)      Lokmanya Tilak was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independent activist.

5)      He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement and was often referred as “Father of the Indian unrest”.

6)      He was one of the first an strongest advocates of self-rule (Swaraj) and known for his famous quote – “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” in India.

7)    Lokmanya Tilak was among one of the first generation of Indians to receive college education.

8)    After graduation, he started teaching mathematics at a private school in Pune and then became a journalist.

9)    He taught young Indian nationalist ideas through an emphasis on Indian culture by organizing the Deccan Education Society.

10)  “I regard India as my Motherland and my Goddess, the people in India are my kith and kin, and loyal and steadfast work for their political and social emancipation is my highest religion and duty”. – Lokmanya Tilak

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BY POONAM SHAH