Bal Gangadhar Tilak23 July 1856
Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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
Sentenced to 6 yrs in prison
Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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
Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders
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
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
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
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