HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
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for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
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for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
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for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 3rd, 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested for sedition by the British. He published fiery articles in his Marathi newspaper Kesari against the British. While in prison, Tilak read and wrote extensively and developed his ideas on the Indian nationalist movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Parsi judge, Dinshaw. D Davar trying the case, termed Tilak’s articles in Kesari as “seething with sedition” and accused him of glorifying violence and approving of murder. By the end of the case, Tilak was sentenced to a jail term from 1908 to 1914 in Mandalay in Burma.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tilak was arrested on 24th June 1908 in Bombay. He was sentenced to six year’s imprisonment outside India. Tilak was then 52 years old. He had plun-ged into the struggle for freedom with no thought for his health and had grown weak.