Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak Biography and Timeline
Follow Bal Gangadhar Tilak through 26 dated historical records for India.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1856
Home Rule
Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1880
Home Rule
Tilak founds the Marathi daily Kesari (Lion), Kesari attracts more readers than any language news papers in India, editorials give a vivid picture of the peoples sufferings and of actual happenings
Kesari
Tilak founds the Marathi daily Kesari (Lion), Kesari attracts more readers than any language news papers in India, editorials give a vivid picture of the peoples sufferings and of actual happenings
1907
Congress Party
At the Party annual session trouble breaks over the selection of the new president of the Congress, the party splits into the Garam Dal ("Hot Faction," extremists), led by Tilak, Pal and Rai, and the Naram Dal ("Soft Faction," moderate)
Election
At the Party annual session trouble breaks over the selection of the new president of the Congress, the party splits into the Garam Dal ("Hot Faction," extremists), led by Tilak, Pal and Rai, and the Naram Dal ("Soft Faction," moderate)
1908
Arrest of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Sentenced to 6 yrs in prison
Home Rule
Sentenced to 6 yrs in prison
1914
Home Rule
Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Independence of India
Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1916
All India Home Rule League
Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact
Home Rule
Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress. Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact
Home Rule
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
Independence of India
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
Indian National Congress
Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress
Pact between Indian National Congress and Muslim League
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
Congress Party
Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress
All India Home Rule League
The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact
Home Rule
The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact
Independence of India
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
Pact between Indian National Congress and Muslim League
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
1920
Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India". Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Home Rule
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India". Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Independence of India
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India"
All India Home Rule League
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
Home Rule
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
Records, sources and methodology
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