Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Father of Indian Renaissance
On 23rd July, 2021, India paid tribute to the freedom fighter and educationist Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary.
About Tilak
- He was born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak on 23 July 1856 in a Marathi Hindu Chitpavan Brahmin family in Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).
- He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Deccan College of Pune in 1877 with first class.
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak was one of the strongest advocates of the concept of Swaraj (freedom) and had given the popular slogan - "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it".
- While Jawaharlal Nehru called him the 'Father of Indian ....