PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to freedom fighters Tilak and Azad on their birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to freedom fighters Lokmanya Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on the occasion of their birth anniversary on Saturday.

While sharing an excerpt of Mann ki Baat on Twitter in which he had spoken about Lokmanya Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad he said, “I bow to two greats sons of Maa Bharti, Lokmanya Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversary. These two stalwarts epitomize courage and patriotism. Sharing what I had spoken about them during #MannKiBaat a few years ago.”

Moreover, PM Modi also shared snapshots of his visit to the Lokmanya Seva Sangh, Mumbai, and tweeted, “One of the everlasting legacies of Lokmanya Tilak is the large scale Ganesh Utsav, which ignited a spirit of cultural consciousness among the people. During one of my Mumbai visits, I visited the Lokmanya Seva Sangh, which has a close association with Lokmanya Tilak.”

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born in 1856 and promoted Swaraj. He also started two weeklies ‘Kesari’ and ‘Mahratta’.

Chandrashekhar Azad was born on 1906 and at the age of 15 he participated in Non-Cooperation Movement and save the slogan, “We will face the bullets of enemies. We were free and we will remain free.”