Yesterday, the 23rd of
July was the birthday of Lokmanya Tilak. Born in 1856, he was a truly great
leader of our freedom movement, who was conferred the title of ‘Lokmanya ‘- one
who has been recognized as the People’s leader. He was the one who heralded the
concept of Sampoorna Swaraj.
It is sad to note that our media,
including the electronic media, which has all the time and words to
sensationalize the most commonplace happenings did not lend any coverage to
this great soul of our country.
I append
below excerpts from his life,so gracefully published in Wikipedia for our
countrymen, who like to remember this great Lokmanya leader.
In 1894 , Bal Gangadhar Tilak
transformed the household worshipping of Lord Ganesha into a public event.
The large community celebration .
He was an educationist. The Deccan Education Society that Tilak founded
with others in the 1880s till today, runs much respected Institutions in Pune
like the Fergusson College.
It was he who started ,The Swadeshi movement. This being a part of
the Indian independence movement and the
developing Indian nationalism, which was an
economic strategy aimed at removing the British
Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by
following the principles of swadeshi (self-sufficiency; Hindi: स्वदेशी svadēśī), which
had some success. Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting
British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes.
He, along with other leaders, coined the concept of Sampoorna Swaraj.
He was indeed a great leader.
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