Shridhar Balwant Tilak

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Shridhar Balwant Tilak
Born1896
Died25 May 1928
Pune, India
MovementNon-brahman movement, Samata Sainik Dal
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Shridhar Balwant Tilak (1896-1928) also known as Shridharpant was a social activist and Marathi writer from Pune. He was the youngest son of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

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Early life and family

Shridhar Balwant Tilak is the third son of Indian independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Sridhar had two sons; Shrikant, [7] [8] and Jayant Tilak. Jayant was a politician from Indian National Congress and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament. [9]

Activism and career

Fight against casteism

Shridhar Tilak campaigned for removal of untouchability in 1920's with national leader Dr. Ambedkar. [10] [11] He was inspired by his philosophy and social reforms and communicated and discuss with him in methods to get rid of upper-cast hegemony. [12] He was also against child marriages and tonsuring of widows. His works were also supported by another social reformer Prabodhankar Thackeray. [12]

On 8 April 1928 in Pune, [13] he established a branch of the multi-cast Samaaj Samata Sang (now known as Samata Sainik Dal) a social organization founded by Dr. Ambedkar. [14] Keshavrao Jedhe who was a friend of Shridar Tilak from Pune was a freedom fighter who was also member of this organization. [13] On 10 May 1928 he organized a community dinner (sahabhojan) at Gaekwad Wada, in Pune, for people from various casts and religions. [12] Dr. Ambedkar himself attended that dinner.

Writing

Shridhar Tilak published several articles in Marathi magazines like Jnanprakash and Vividhavritta. His collection of articles were published in a book titled Maza Vyasang. [8]

Death

Given his liberal and rational thoughts, Shridhar Tilak was subjected to a lot of harassment by conservatives in Maharashtra region of that period. [13] [15] Unable to tolerate it, he committed suicide on 25 May 1928. [13] Before that he sent three suicide notes: one to the collector of Pune, another to newspapers and a third one to Dr. Ambedkar. [12] [16] [17] Later Dr. Ambedkar wrote – “If anyone who is worthy of the title Lokamanya, it is Shridharpant Tilak.” [15] [18] [19]

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