Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Ideology of Nationalism and Swaraj
Keywords:
nationalism, IdeologyAbstract
Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” were the fiery motivating words of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, which aroused a sleeping nation to action, making Indians aware of their political plight under an imperialist rule.1 That way, Tilak may arguably be credited to be first of the Indian nationalists who lit the indomitable light of radical nationalism in the hearts of common people of India. He had multifaceted personality and devoted his energies to diverse types of activities. As an great champion of the Poona temperance and educationist, he played significant role in establishing Poona New English School in 1880, apart from the Decean Education Society and the Fergussoan College.
References
Tilak Slogan
During Famine in 1896
The Newspaper started Keshri and Maratha in 1881
N.C. Kalkar, Life and Time of Lokmanya Tilak, p. 17
Shankar Ghose : Modern Indian Political Thought, p. 81
Statement of Tilak in Newspaper- Kesari
B.G. Tilak, Geeta Rahasya(Hindi Edn.), p.399
Tilak’s letters, Mahratta 13 Dec.,1919
Tilak’s letters, Mahratta 13 Dec.,1919
M.N. Ray, India in Transmission, 1922 Geneva, p, 14
Tilak’s Speeches at Yatmal, after Lucknow Congress 1916, speeches p 256
M.N.Ray, India in Transition, 1922Geneva, p, 14
Welby commission report, p. 181-182
Congress Resolution passed in 1906 Culcatta Session
Speeches and writing of Tilak p. 278
B.C.Pal, Indian Nationalism, Tilak.
T.L.Shay, Legacy of Lokmanya, p. 215
B.C.Pal the spirit of Indian Nationalism, p. 46
B.G. Tilak, writing from Kesari (in Mrathi) vol. III, p. 177
B.G. Tilak, writing from Kesari (in Mrathi) vol. III, p. 174
Lecture delivered at belgaum immediately after the meeting held under the auspices of the Historical Research Society on 1st May, 1916.
