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PM remembers Tilak on his 100th death anniversary

&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, one of the firebrand freedom fighters and the strongest proponent of &#039;purna swaraj&#039;, on his 100th death anniversary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&quot;India bows to Lokmanya Tilak on his 100th Punya Tithi. His intellect, courage, sense of justice, and the idea of Swaraj continue to inspire,&quot; the Prime Minister said in a tweet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;Tilak, born as Keshav Gangadhar Bal Gangadhar Tilak, tirelessly contributed to help the country break free from the British rule. He gave the slogan of &#039;Swaraj is my birth right&#039;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;Part of the Lal-Bal-Pal (Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal) troika, Tilak was called the &#039;father of the Indian unrest&#039; by British colonial rulers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;He was a scholar, a writer, a mathematician, and a philosopher. He was given the title, &#039;Lokmanya&#039;, meaning &#039;beloved leader&#039;, by his followers. He died on August 1, 1920, in Mumbai.&lt;/p&gt;.

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