Bal Gangadhar Tilak (23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920) endeared as Lokmanya was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate.
Tilak was the first leader of the Indian independence movement. The British colonial authorities called him “The father of the Indian unrest”. He was also conferred with the title of “Lokmanya”, which means “accepted by the people as their leader”. Mahatma Gandhi called him “The Maker of Modern India”.
In 1903, Tilak wrote the book The Arctic Home in the Vedas. In it, he argued that the Vedas could only have been composed in the Arctics, and the Aryan bards brought them south after the onset of the last ice age. He proposed a new way to determine the exact time of the Vedas. In The Orion, he tried to calculate the time of the Vedas by using the position of different Nakshatras.The positions of the Nakshtras were described in different Vedas. Tilak wrote Srimad Bhagvad Gita Rahasya in prison at Mandalay – the analysis of Karma Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita, which is known to be a gift of the Vedas and the Upanishads.
Motivational Quotes by Lokmanya:
– It may be Providence’s will that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free.
– If God put up with untouchability, I will not call him God.
– Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!!
– The problem is not the lack of resources or capability, but the lack of will.
– If we trace the history of any nation backward into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.
– Freedom is my birthright. I must have it!
– Progress is implied in independence. Without self-government neither industrial progress is possible nor the educational scheme will be useful to the nation. To make efforts for India’s freedom is more important than social reforms.
– Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.
– Life is all about a card game. Selecting the right card is not in our hands. But playing well with the cards in hand determines our success.
– Swadeshi and Swadeshi will be our cry forever and by this, we will grow in spite of the wishes of the ruler.
B +Ve!! 
Thank you, Debasis, for reminding us of the fight for freedom of the great hero of India. I read about his life before since you made sure that your readers are always aware of the important events.
Joanna
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Thank you! 💐🙏
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You are more than welcome!
Joanna
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Thanks for the post. Gradually we are forgetting these great leaders…loved reading it and rekindling the chapters read in school decades back.
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Thank you sir for the appreciation! 🙏
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