Tilak has also been credited with introducing Karl Marx...
Tilak has also been credited with introducing Karl Marx...
In some documents, Tilak has also been credited with introducing Karl Marx and his theory to India. Before his death, Tilak had also agreed to become the President of the All india Trade Union congress (AITUC), which was launched in 1920. There were some derogatory comments in the book indian Unrest written on Tilak in 1918. For this, he went to england to fight a legal battle against british journalist and diplomat Sir valentine Chirol. Although he lost the defamation case in 1919.
After this Tilak made relations with the fundamentalists in the Labor party and the Sinn Fein party in Britain. In his speeches in england, Tilak described british rule over india as a capitalist rule that exploited the working class.
In this way, Tilak gradually moved towards modern ideology. In april 1920, the congress Democratic party manifesto stated that universal adult suffrage, free and compulsory education, abolition of bonded labor and inclusion in military conscription for all regardless of caste would be goals.
Tilak died on august 1, 1920 at 'Sardargriha' near Crawford Market. A huge crowd had gathered for Tilak's last visit at Girgaum Chowpatty. His funeral procession saw a crowd of around 200,000 people across caste and religious sects. In this way, by the time of his death, Tilak had become a big leader of the indian public.
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