Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak…
1891 CE
Inspired by Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, he had co-founded the New English school for secondary education in 1880 with a few of his college friends, including Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi and Vishnushastri Chiplunkar.
Their goal is to improve the quality of education for India's youth.
The success of the school had led them to set up the Deccan Education Society in 1884 to create a new system of education that teaches young Indians nationalist ideas through an emphasis on Indian culture.
The Society established the Fergusson College in 1885 for post-secondary studies; Tilak taught mathematics there.
In 1890, Tilak left the Deccan Education Society for more openly political work.
He begins a mass movement towards independence by an emphasis on a religious and cultural revival.
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