Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born on July 23 in 1856, hailed from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. He was a social reformer and a teacher. Tilak has played a key role in the Indian independence movement. He always voiced for ‘Purna Swaraj’ the need for a nationwide movement
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and V. Muraleedharan, and other dignitaries pose for a photograph after paying tribute to freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary, at Parliament. Pic/PTI
On the occasion of the 166th birth anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Dr. Kasturba Hospital Medical Superintendent, Chandrakant Pawar paid respects by offering flowers. Municipal Corporation Deputy Secretary Shri. Kiran Gaikwad, Personal Secretary to the Mayor Mrs. Bhagyashree Nalavde were also present.
Thane Municipal Corporation officials paying tribute to freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary
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_d.jpg "“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” is one Tilak’s well-known quotes")
