Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Source: ETSubject: History Context: Union Home Minister and Defence Minister paid national tributes to the iconic freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary. Bal Gangadhar Tilak About Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Who He Was? Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, educator, journalist, and social reformer. Revered as the Father of the Indian …

The Chapekar Brothers

Source: IESubject: History Context: On June 22, 1897, the three Chapekar brothers executed the assassination of British official Walter Charles Rand in Pune to avenge colonial atrocities committed during the bubonic plague. The Chapekar Brothers About The Chapekar Brothers: Who They Are? The Chapekar brothers—Damodar Hari Chapekar (28), Balkrishna Hari Chapekar (24), and Vasudeo Hari …

Insights into Editorial: Supreme Court puts colonial sedition law on hold

  Context: The Supreme Court suspended pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code, while allowing the Union of India to reconsider the British-era law. The Supreme Court has ordered that no new FIRs will be filed for Sedition and all the pending cases will be on hold …

Tilak was a pragmatic politician and worked towards political emancipation of India by popularising the four-point programme of action – National Education, Boycott, Swadeshi and Passive Resistance. Discuss the contributions of Tilak to India’s national movement.

Topic: The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country. 2. Tilak was a pragmatic politician and worked towards political emancipation of India by popularising the four-point programme of action – National Education, Boycott, Swadeshi and Passive Resistance. Discuss the contributions of Tilak to India’s national movement. (250 …

Insights into Editorial: On Lokmanya Tilak’s death centenary, it’s time to re-examine his legacy

  Introduction: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the foremost leader of India’s freedom struggle before the advent of the Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi era, breathed his last, after a brief illness, in Bombay in the early hours of August 1, 1920. Destiny snatched him away at a relatively young age. Had he lived longer, this lion among Indian …