SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

1856 - 1920

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: [keʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək]); 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: Lokamānya), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bal Gangadhar Tilak is the 97th most popular social activist (down from 54th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from India (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Social Activist.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a social reformer and freedom fighter who is most famous for his slogan "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it." He was one of the first to advocate the use of Indian languages in schools and universities.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ranks 97 out of 840. Before him are Jane Addams, Beatrice Cenci, An Jung-geun, Amílcar Cabral, Stenka Razin, and Denis Mukwege. After him are Errico Malatesta, Mairead Maguire, Frank Costello, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Léon Jouhaux, and Lee Radziwill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ranks 20. Before him are Robert Peary, Ivan Franko, Émile Picard, Robert Nivelle, Henry Morgenthau Sr., and Svetozar Boroević. After him are L. Frank Baum, Frank B. Kellogg, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, and Andrey Markov. Among people deceased in 1920, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ranks 16. Before him are Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Rosalia Lombardo, and Svetozar Boroević. After him are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Inessa Armand, Essad Pasha Toptani, John Reed, Jeanne Hébuterne, and Benito Pérez Galdós.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ranks 117 out of 1,861. Before him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Vyasa (-390), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Tipu Sultan (1750). After him are Baji Rao I (1700), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and A. R. Rahman (1966).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ranks 4. Before him are Mahatma Gandhi (1869), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), and Gerald Durrell (1925). After him are Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Mangal Pandey (1827), and Kittur Chennamma (1778).

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