Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Knowledge Nugget: Why Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Non-Cooperation Movement matter for UPSC prep

August 12, 2025 3:11 pm

UPSC Current Affairs: August 1 marks the 105th death anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In today’s Knowledge Nugget, learn about his contribution to the freedom struggle. In ‘Beyond the Nugget’, explore the Non-Cooperation Movement, which also began on this date.

How Kumbh Mela became a platform for nationalism during Independence movement

January 09, 2025 10:43 pm

After 1858 Allahabad became a hub of political activities and the Kumbh Mela would become a platform for staging nationalist sentiments through religious activities.

How Bal Gangadhar Tilak made Ganesh Utsav a nationalist political festival

September 20, 2024 11:17 am

Tilak aimed to integrate politics with spirituality, seeking to unite the Brahmin-dominated Congress and the non-Brahmin communities.

How Bal Gangadhar Tilak made the worship of Lord Ganesh a grand community festival

September 06, 2024 10:48 pm

The year was 1893, and Lokmanya, the great patriot, was looking for ways to unite and mobilise Hindu society against colonial rule. He sought to leverage practices rooted in Indian culture and suffused with Hindu symbolism. But he has also been criticised in some quarters. Why?

When Bhagat Singh got a pat from Bal Gangadhar Tilak

December 05, 2022 9:37 pm

By the time Bhagat Singh was hanged on March 23, he had 130 letters, petitions, statements and essays, to his credit, the last written a day before his execution

Explained: What Tilak, Gandhi and Nehru said about IPC Section 124A, the law on sedition

May 13, 2022 6:25 am

As the debate over the Sedition Law rages, we take a look at the sedition cases filed against the nationalist leaders and what they said about it

Explained: When were Tilak and Gandhi tried under the sedition law?

July 17, 2021 8:51 am

The sedition law which is enshrined in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPS) was introduced by the British government in 1870 to tackle dissent against colonial rule.

Mumbai's first children's museum opens to public at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

April 16, 2019 8:49 am

The museum displays a wide range of art, from ancient sculptures to contemporary paintings, depicting India’s rich culture and heritage, re-interpreted through a child’s imagination. The 50 artefacts include a sculpture of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi’s Charkha.

Rajasthan minister on ‘father of terrorism’ Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Read it in correct context

August 20, 2018 1:31 pm

In a statement, the minister said, "It is misleading to read Tilak as ‘father of terrorism’ through the present (definition) of ‘terrorism’. In the context of the freedom struggle, terrorism merely meant terrorising the English and chasing them out of the country.”

Outraged, Bal Gangadhar Tilak's family tells Rajasthan to ban book, referring him ‘Father of Terrorism’

May 13, 2018 2:42 pm

Board of Secondary Education, reads: “Bal Gangadhar Tilak demonstrated a path towards national movement, therefore, he is called as the father of terrorism.”

Freedom Fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Great-grandson Booked For Rape: Police

June 22, 2020 6:57 pm