CHAPTER 7
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920)
INTRODUCTION
The extremist ideology created a leadership of ‘Lal–Bal–Pal,’ during the national movement of India. They criticized the moderates and altered the nationalist vocabulary by incorporating swadeshi, boycotts, and national education. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, rooted in Maharashtra was perhaps the most articulate militant leader of this phase of the freedom struggle. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the first leader of the Indian independence movement. The British journalist Valentine Chirol 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,’ M. K. Gandhi called him ‘The Maker of Modern India’. Bal Gangadhar ...
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