Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Honorary title:" Lokmanya"
Famous quote, "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!" (UPSC CSE 1979)
Formed: Deccan Education Society
Associates: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (GGA), Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi (MBN) and Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (VKC)
Taught young Indians nationalist ideas
1891: opposed Age of Consent Bill
Opposed moderate views of Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Supported by : Lal, Bal and Pal
Led no tax campaign in Bombay Presidency during 1896-97
In Kesari: Defenced revolutionaries
Sedition (1908 to 1914) : sent to Mandalay, Burma
Rejoined INC in 1916
1916-18: All India Home Rule League
With: G.S. Khaparde (G.S.K), Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Annie Besant
Had been member of Bombay Legislative Council at one point in his life