Bal Gangadhar Tilak

That was the period when India was passing through a great social unrest. The society was groaning under social evils, caste systems, blind faiths, horrendous customs and many many more woes. The British were well set and they now knew the weaknesses of the Indians. They knew that social evils had hollowed the Indian society […]

For neglecting his family Tilak sometimes felt ashamed of himself. He had come home again. Satyabhama dutifully touched his feet. The children ran to their father. The family sat together. There was no bitterness on the face of Tilak of his breakaway from the Deccan Education Society. Infact, he looked cheerful and very satisfied with

Bal Gangadhar Tilak had started two magazines in Marathi and English named ‘Maratha’ and ‘Kesari’ respectively with the help of his old friends. Later, he could not devote enough time to them due to his involvement in Deccan Education Society and the New English School project although he kept writing articles for the two magazines.

On 1st January, 1880 ‘The New English School’ planned by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Agarkar and Chiploonkar was formally opened. The opening made a big news which attracted the well-known educationists M.B.N. Joshi and V.S. Apte to join the venture. Within three months the school has 500 students on its rolls. The modern teaching methods adopted

In 1872, he passed matriculation examination. For further studies he jointed Deccan college of Poona that had a great reputation for education with famous names on its teaching staff which included Mr. Words- worth, Mr. Khapre and Prof. Shute among others.But the father’s death had played havoc with the psyche of young Bal Gangadhar. He

The atmosphere at home was not very healthy from the time his marriage was being worked out, Bal’s father, Gangadhar Pant had been sick and bedridden. The marriage itself was a sick man’s wish. Bal’s satisfactory progress towards the adulthood gave immense relief to the sick man. The son was studying diligently and becoming politically

When Bal Gangadhar was 15 years of age he was forced to marry a girl child named Tapi of a nearby village. The alliance was arranged by the elders. At that time his father, Gangadhar Pant was sick and was bedridden.The child marriages were order of the day during that period, a tradition in orthodox

In a Marathi school of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra province, Gangadhar Pant served as its Headmaster during the period Indian’s first freedom attempt was building up to explode into 1857 Mutiny.His wife was in the family way.On 23rd July, 1856 she gave birth to a son to the delight of the Headmaster, Gangadhar Pant. The