Bal Gangadhar Tilak

How Narendra Modi is invoking old civilisational spirit to build new, aspirational India

New India can be a new light for humanity, not just at political or economic levels, but also at a civilisational level extending to a universal vision

What the scriptures say about Anant Chaturdashi and Ganesh Visarjan

Anant Chaturdashi is the final auspicious day of Bhadrapad. It is followed by Shradha and Pitar Paksha which, according to Sanatan Dharma, are inauspicious. Thus, visarjan is done on this day

PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Modi also shared clips from one of his 'Mann ki Baat' episodes in which he paid tributes to the two freedom fighters

Bal Gangadhar Tilak birth anniversary: Interesting facts about the freedom fighter

Commonly called Lokmanya, Tilak was considered 'The Maker of Modern India' by Mahatma Gandhi

Ahead of the curve: Revisiting Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj's 1902 decision to reserve jobs for backward castes

On 26 July 1902, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur issued a historic proclamation. 50 percent of the posts in the state's services would be reserved for the backward classes. It was the beginning of what came to be called 'reservation' or 'affirmative action'.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak's 100th death anniversary: Modi, Shah, other political leaders hail 'prime architect' of freedom struggle

Tilak's ideas of swaraj and swadeshi helped raise consciousness among Indians about the insults and injustice meted out by the British.

Chandrashekhar Azad's 113th birth anniversary: Radical freedom fighter was inspired by non-cooperation movement

Azad was drawn to Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence movement in 1920 — after the massacre of the Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 — and was arrested when he was only 15-year-old for his pro-freedom activities against the oppressive British Raj.

Students learning only about Stalin and Lenin, new NCERT syllabus to teach Gandhi and Bose, says Biplab Kumar Deb

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that the new syllabus would soon be introduced.

Rajasthan Class 8 book describes freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak as ‘father of terrorism’

cIn what appears to be a case of poor choice of words, a Class VIII reference book described freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the "Father of Terrorism"

Narendra Modi pays tribute to freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai on birth anniversary, says he was a 'righteous' leader

Leaders paid tribute to freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary on Sunday. Also called Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesri, Rai was one of the first promoters of Swadeshi movement in India