LOKAMANYA

LOKAMANYA
Tl LAK TILAK
FIREBRAND NATIONALIST
Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have \Y -• this clarion cali was
given by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was a towering figurę in the
Indian Independence movement. A nationalisł to the core, he
believed strongly that modern education would inculcate patriotism
and self*respect in the people. His inspiring speeches and writing
landed Tilak in lail several times. But this did not dampen his spirit
or will to cast orf the yoke of foreign rule from his motnerland.

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ON JOLi 23, 1656, GAN6APHAR FANT TU AK, THE HEAPMASTER OF THE LOCAL MARATHt
SCHOOL IN RATNAGIFI, WAS PACING UP ANP POWH THE PERANPA OF HIS HOOSE.
HIS W/FE WAS A&OUT TO HAVE A 3A3V.

HE HAP THREE PAUGHTERS, BUT LtKE AdNTY'6

OTHER PARENTS OF HIS TIME HE TEASING iOU,
LOH6EP FOR A SON. V!\VA ! IT^
a eoyi

WHOEUER HE LOOKŁP UKE, THE CHHPt BAL

ÓANOAPHAR 7/LAK, WAS PEST/NEP TU HECONE
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WY£A/ BAL WAS TEN YEARS OU?, H/3 WHEN THE 50YS PRETENPEP TO BE SORRY
uŁn HK EAALY EPUCATtON AT HOME,
mm. HAP nim ***** ^..ocoimNON /ir Ht* FATHER WAS TRANSFERR.ED TO PC/NE FOR WNAT THEY NAP PONE, TNE TEA CHER
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SW* 15 100 NOM MElL PRACTISE
SiMPL£.6IV£ ME NE SANSKRTT
A FORE PIFFICUL' SHLOKAS.
ONE.

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AS THE BOYS BENT POWN 70 P/CK UP THE SHELLS9 THE TEACHER >S FELI ON BAL

I KNOW, | KN0W. HEY, YOUJ PO YOU

SHORTLY AFTER THEY CAME TO PUNĘ ,BAL*S THINK YOU ARE A
momER. ptep. nr was h/s aunt who now BUT you MUST
CAN PO PRIHCE P COME ON, SORRY,
LOOkED AFTER H/A1 CARRY A SLATE.
»
6ET TO WORK* SIR, BUT
SUMS IN MY ALL THE OTHER
VE krr i pon*t MINP I WON*T.
BAL ¥0U ^ BOYS PO. .
FOR60TTEH NEEP ITj
YOUR 5LATE AUNTY.

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CLAS6.1 PIPN^ MAKE IMPUPEKT,
THE MESS.SO WHY 06STINATE
§QjQO^ HAM/OyĄNCE. EOOAt / V ^t/ja osioł, /u/r /uo SHOULP | TAKE THE CHILP f I^L
PUNISHMENTP TEACH yOU
PUT AWAY THE TO TALK BACK
PEANUTS ! RUN TO s./
TO YOUR
YPUR SE ATS*. TAKE TEACHERI
UP YOUR B0OKS! ^

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
ME JOtMED ANOTMER SCHOOL. BUT THOUGH
HE ńN ETCELLENT STUDENT HE Dtp AND BET OVER /T HE PIP. HE WAS SEMEN TEEN WHEN ME u
NOT DO NELI JN EMMtNATtONS. THE PECCAN COLLEGE .ON THE FIEST PAT AS THE BOTS
ASSEMBLEP AT THE MESS FOR LUNCH — r

3 NOT MARKS WELL, WELL, TILAK!

TM AT lłM AFTER. H0W ORTHOPO* CAN W£
IT'5 KNOWLEPGE. SET i A SILK PHOTI — !AA |
HA !
SO THERE’S NO IT REMINPS ME OF MY
POINT IN ATTEMPT- FATHER ANP 6RANP-
ING WHAT I FATHER I
LREAPY KNOW,

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BOT WHO HAP MAPĘ \

TRUTHFUL, FEARLESS, PEOUD — BUCH MENT NAS PAdt A BAJ!
WAS THE STUFF BAL WAS MADĘ OF.

WfiEN BAL WAB F/FTEEN, HE WAB MARR/ED

TO A TEN-iEAR-OLP BIEL NAMEP SATTABHAMA
CMtLD MARRJAGE WAS COMMON /N 7HOSE DA KR
r WOUUP YOtl LIKE
10 NAVE A GOLP PONY
^ RING . BAL ?
7HEY ARE
VAUiABLE.

VD THOS BEGAN THE LIFELON&

FRIŁNOBHIP OF TILAK ANP /CHARĘ.

ml,vpu MCIST S
OAL\9 ' THATfe WHAT
ET OV£R VOUR GRIEF
PADA WOU LP WANI
,ND CONCENTRATE me to po. yes,
ON YOUR STŁIPIES. > I MU ST GET OVER
S MV GRIEF, (JNCLE

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA LOKAMANYA Tl LAK

/y SPORT3. SWłMAHNó ~WAS BAL*S FAVQUR/TE. |L>

Ąjj_ ANP 50 WEIL PIP HE PO IT THATT HE MBS NOT AU THE
ONE PńV HE AM AZ BO RHARE 3Y FLOATINO ON rjj ONOUREP EN THE ER/U IANT MATHEAAĄTF APPREOATEP TtLAK*S
SEE, KHARE, ^ INTELU OENCE
Hł5 BACA FOR HOURS WITH A L0AF OF EREAP \CIAN. PROF. CHHATRE HIMSELF. FOR, OMCE
NOT A PROP OF
HELP ALOFT IN ON£ HANP. I TTTJ ~ 1-r^t
WATER ON THIS MW£V A STUPENT WENT TO THE
PROFESSOR SEEMH6 HELP—
LOAF» i
!L |’M BUSY liUST NOW...
BUT WAIT | (30 TO Tl LAK.
I HE WILL SOLVE IT FOR
rw YDU WITH EA6E.

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NEMER THELESS HIS WORPS WE LOST OUR

INDEPENPENCE YOU ARE WRONG.
CARR/EP WE/6HT WITH HU
BECAU&E OF THE BRITIBH
TJLAK*S STANINA HOWEWER BEL/E P f NO, MV PEMLWAN. 'N FELLOW STTUPENTS. ONCE
... ANP TRICKEP US IN70
HfS FOOO NABITA. i—- VDU CANNOT SURVIVE THE COLLEGE HOSTEL PISUNITY...
PlENTY SLAVERy.
OH ONLy TH AT NOW. OF MILK
WL AND VOU WILL EAT
RICE FOR M CHAPATIES, GHEE,
RS USUAL V CURPS, FRESH i
V VEGETABLES...yf

ANP THE EON REACHEP OUT FOR THE ...TRAMPLING IT !

PKTURE OF THE OUEEN OF ENGLANP, THIS IS WHAT THE
HAN6ING ON THE WAU. BRITISH PESERVE?

WHAT I OUGHT
T!mPWvZZ ?e*LT* ...AT THE COST OF WHAT
*PXOsEP. BUT wtiEN THE FPOOOT
.y AFZ TO HAN/E PONE
My OTHER SOAL.rLI ARE HOU stop rr t
RE6ULT3 WER£ ANNOUNCEP - - * MUCH EARLIER.
HAVE TO STRIKE A P0IN6? vou...vou...
0AL ANCE SETWEEN
ł*VE WILEP. . BOOKS ANP 5POR75.
• M* • I HAV6
ACHIEVEP ONE
GO AL'—A R051I ST
\ RHV6IQUE.BUT...
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
LOKAMANYA Tl LAK
PlSPLAY YOUR LOVE OF THE NtOłfT BEFORE THE INAUGURAT/ON
7JY£ IPEA WAS SOON PUT łNTO SNAPC • WfTH
FREEPOM IH A MORĘ WORTHy AS TRAK ANO N/S CLOSE FR/EHP
me HELP OF PISHNU&HASTRI CH/PL UNKAR,
MANNER f HAMMER THE NAMjOSNł WERS 60ING THE ROUNPS—
THE TWO FR/EHPS FOONPEP A SCMOOL.
THRONE OF ENGLANP, IF YOU
HOW CAH WE EXPE£T LET*5 LEVEL
CAN I IF NOT, ĄT LEAST
THE OHLPRCN TO SIT IT OUT,
CHERISH SUCH AN AMOITION. OH THte JA46EP THEN.
FLOOR, TILAK*
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50CW AF7Z* 6RADUAT/NG IN ARTS, T/LAK TOOK UP THE STUPY OF LAW • AROUNP THPT
TIME HE STRUCK UP A FR1ENP SH/P W/TH GOPAL GANESH AGARKAR , AN M.A.STUPENT, ... y F£*Z ASLEEP IN
ANP A BUPPING CHAMPION OF SOOAL REFORM 5. THE SCHOOL, W/TH A
BLACK BOARP FOR A BEPt
WTTHOUT EPUCATING I PON’T SEE VWHAT mm: i
THE PEOPLE, WE CANNOT
IMPACT 50CIAL RE FOR MS
HOPE TO INTROPUCE
IMPOSEP BY AN ALIEN
GOVERNMENT CAN HAVE
ON THE PEOPLE?

7W£ SCHOOL ATTRACTEP THE WC KC LUWt CHICri

• 0EST OF TALENTS. /?A/ THEM ‘ YOUNG • ANP IF WE
IFONLy VWE COULP
ENCOURĄG/NG RESPONSE PON’T SOCCEEP IN
REACH THE APULTS
/HSP/REP THE FR/ENPS TO INCUUATING SELF-RESPECT
ANP LOWE FOR THE TOOl
WORK W/ TH GREATER
ENTHUS/ASM. COUNTRY IN THEM...

8 9
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
TILAK^S WORPS WHY ONE, LET*>
ONE flfy- HAVE TWO • ONE IN SINCE THEY COULDN*T AFFOk
ENGUSH ANP THE ME CHANIC, TILAK SET IT L/P.
I FOUHP I WKi OTHER IN
REACH me A PULT5 | WHY MA RA TH 11
PON*T START
WEEKLY

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Tl LAK I NONĘ OF US , AGARKAR, VOU HAVE

HAVE THE JOURNALISTIC MUCH TO SAV. YOUR HEART
EAPERIEN CE FOR ONE, IS BURNING WITH PATRIO -
ANP YOU TALK OF TWO TISM 1 WORPS WILL FLO
OF THEIR OWN ACCORPf

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WHAT ABOUT
»&T£drn ™£ *!*"** ™ '* enoush THE PRINTING LEAVE
MACHINĘ, THAT TO ME,
THERE I OUR NAMJOSHI ? AGARKAR.
OFFICE! THE
EPlTORfc CHAIR,
PESK ANP
STATIONERY \

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 LOKAMANYA TILAK
AMAR CHfTRA KAT HA
BUT THtS FAITH IN Tl jOSHt IN III TED THEM 70 PEUPER
TEST, IN A RATHER MISCHWOUS RANNER, B</ LECTURES AT A CHRISTIAN MISSJON.
IT SEEMS HE WANTS TOTALLY! THE
ONE CtOPALRAO JOSHI. AFTER THE LECTURE
TO PEPPSE THE POCUMENTS
AD0PTEP PRJNCE. PUBUSHEP IN
TILAK HAS EXPOSEP KESARI PROVE
HIM. TMAT THE PlWAl
IS PLAYING A
RANGEROUS GAM

BUT THE DOCUMENTS NHKH TILAK AND

AGARKAR HAP PUBUSHEP, UNFOR TUNATEL V
TURNEP OUT TO BE FABR/CATEP.

r
THE Pt*MN ECH TORS AND HAD THEM THE UlEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF PUNĘ
\ UA!LEP Pt apology offerep. NERE OPENL y EKPRE3SEP IN THE
ANYMAY TILAK ROUStNG H/ELCOME GIVEN TO TILAK
THE P0CUMENT5
AHO A6ARKAR \AND AOARKAR ON 7HE/R RELEASE
VM 0E FALSt, BUT
P0N*T PESERVE TO
HAVE NO POUBT UH
06 IMPRISONEP FOR
THE PT MAM 15 UP TO
PU0LI5HING WHAT
5OM£ MłSCHlEF.
kTHE*f B€LIEV6P TO BE
A GENUINE PO04**
MENT.

ALL THIS REFORM f YES.H€ MU ST

BUSINESS IS GOfNG EXPEL THEM FROM HOf I WON»T.
TOO FAR! THE OOMMUNITY IS MY RELIGIOM flO
MIEASE, THE FRłENPS FORMĘP UN LESS TMEY ARE FRA6ILE TH ATT 17
WA6 PREPAREP TO PER- CAH BE FOUUTEP
FORM THE PURlFl- BY A CUP OF TEA
v CATION ĆEREMOW fTtOm A CHRISTIAN^

CHE GRSjęj TWNC

ABOt/T TILAK 15 TM...
*'HU.Ł HE LHC0LHŁA6ES
MOOtkH BPUCATTfOH, HI
ffAPtCTB OUR 046 TO*
*1ICH MANY OT OUR
‘ PS po not.
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 AMAR CHITRAKATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
CEIEBRATEP THE O/RTH ANN/PER -
SARY OF SHA/AJ/ AT RA/SAP, WH/CH HAP ONCE
BEEN THE CAP/TAL OF THE MARATHAS
SHIUAdl LCVEP HIS
COUNTRY ANP HIS FREE-
pCm. HE WAS S£LF -
RESPECTING , OOURAGEOUS,

AROUNP THAT TIME, THE (jOPERNMENT RA/SEP THE

Oh | sO PAPA IS
TA* • ON tHO/AN CLOTH, TO HELP THE ClOTH EROM
BAŁAM BHATTAj BR/TA/N TO SELL BETTER. rT*S THE NEW
. THE PRIEST. , a TAX. WE ARE
1
for swapeshi* HELPLESS.
CLOTH, fT^ TPO EXPEN- > W HAT CAN WE
SIVE! WHY SHOULP WE
BUY IT WHEN IMPORTEP
CLOTH l& AWMLABLE
FOR THE SAME
PR1CEP
i'
V * »

• • __-J-LL
•+,

\ FOR TlLAK, HmSŁLF A SCHOLAR OF

X: SANSKR/T\ THE NON - COOPERA T/ON
OF PR/E STS POSEP NO PROSLEM.

n*™** THe V£P*S SET TER THAN THE<f EUEN IN THE M/PST OF AU H/S SCHOŁARLY IF WE PONT BUY SWAPESHI CLOTH,
T/LAKy HOk/EPER, P/P NOT S/T BACK
**0 THE MOR£ HE PELPEO tHTO WHO WILL ? HOW WILL OUR PEOPLE,
The PEOAS THE MORĘ COR/OL/S HE PURSU/T3, T/LAK HAP NOT FORóOTTEN
THE OOMtfON MAN. OUR TRAPE SURVIVE P IF YOU LOVE
SCCAHE A&OtfT THE/R AHT/pU/7~Y. YOUR COUNTRY ANP YOUR PEOPLE,
THE HYMNS WHICH T_~J ~ff—I PONT BUY BR1TISH CLOTH!
SUGGE5T THE PO Si- ^ 00 ) f BOYCOTT IT •
Tl PN OF THE SUN ) ° H
ANP THE CONSTELL ATI0H5 ( 4 H
SHOULP THROW Jl > -
L»6HT ON THE AGE £\\.'eZ TS.

OF THE VEPA5. / L\^//TC\

te

astrohomical E\AP£NCE
SUSHEP THE PER/OP OF
AS 4000 3.0 I
anmyersary * EACISE PUTV T INPIOENOUS 15
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
OMCE WHEN FAAUNE OUT IN WLAK P/P HOT BEL/E_
MA HA RA SH TRA PETmOHS 70 THE OOUERNMENT
SOHE OF H/S COUEAGUES IN Th
THDJAH NATIONAL CON0RESS, THl
■ THE FARMERS MOPERATES. PIP. H/3 AUETNOPS
LEMING THEIR MLLAGESl
I MU ST REACH TWEM I
INSTIL COURAGE IHTO
THEM \ 1HEV MU ST
KNOW WHĄT THEIR
RIGMTS IN THEIR
HOMELANP ARE f

THE OFF/C/ALS RETAL/ATEP BY ARREST/NG WHEN T/LAK RUSHEP TO THE SCENE —

THE ROLUHTEERS. AT PENN A FUR/OUS
MOB SURROUNPEP THE MAG!STRATĘ.

7/LAR ano H/s SOPPORtERS

labelłep EA7REM/STS. &UT THAT
P/P NOT PETER H/M.

GO BACK TO TOUR Wh/LE T/LAK WAS BOSY W/TH THE STRUóGLE

WLLAGES ANP MAKE THE TO SECURE PAMINĘ RELIEF FOR THE FARMERS, \
r‘ARMER& CLAMOUR FOR THE PLA SUE STRUCK PUNĘ. THE GO RERNMENT
FOOP ANP FOPP£R.let WAS AT F/RST łNP/FFERENT ANP TOOK NO
THE CLAMOUR PER6I6T AtEASURES TO ARREST THE SFREAP OF THE
i tif PfcAF GOWERN- PREAPEP P/SEASE.
^Ent NEAR6 THE CRyi

THE MOB M6LTEP AWAN. BUCH NAS

THE SPELL CA9T BN TILAK*

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 AMARCHITRAKATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
flnauy when rr on? ąct, rr plo so wrm SUT THERE WAS TROLLBLE AFOOT.
ń PENGEANCE. ONE CHARLES RAND WAS JUST 7HEN THE SOLPłERS ARR/PEP ON THE
APPOPfTED PLAGUE COMM/SS/ONER

I WANT EVERV HOUSE IN

PUNĘ PISINPECTEP. PUT ANY- OtlR PEOPLE r COME ON J LET*S
ONE WHO 15 ILL IN HOSPITAL PONT HAVE ANY THEY PO NOT GET TH 15 FILTHY
ANP TAKE THE RELATIYES TRUST IN THE HOLE PISIHFECTEP.
UNPERSTANP THE
TO THE CAMP OUTSIPE THE SOL PIERŚ. ANP FEARS OF OUR
TOWN — BY FORCE IF *>N’T BLAME TH, PEOPLE. |*LL SEE
NECfSSARY. THAT»S THE SOLPIER3 A RE
AU.YOŁI MfW WHAT I CAN PO
BRUTAL. ABOUT IT.
GO.

TłLAR WENT ROUNDS, W/TH yOUR SOH 15 pOWN WITH THE LET HIM GO! PLEASE LEAVE THAT
ALONE PLAGUE . IT 15 VOUR POTY THERE ’S NO.NEEP ROOM ALONE. IT 15 OUR
TO SENP HIM TO THE TO BE 30 ROUGH. Room OF WORSHIP.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
PPN*T LISTEM
TO THE WIŁY OLP
MAN I HE'S
PROBABLY HI PING
A PATIENT IN
II. THEREI ■

NO t NO i TMAT MEAN9
SURĘ PEATH I I MANT
MY SON JO REMA IN II
• •
MY HOUSE. | WILL NOT • ••

r
PLEASE USTEN
TO ME,KAKA*.TP SAVE 'APU KNOW BEST, THE OPERZE ALOUS SOLP/ERS PIP NOT RESPECT THE FEEUNGS
HIS LIFE ANP THE LIVES BAL WANT RA O. OF THE CłTLZENS. 73Y£Y HANPLED EMEN BAB IES IN THEIR
&
OF OTMERS AT HOME.Y0U PO AS YOU WISH. CRAPLES WtTHOUT ANN
MUST SENP HIM T'1
THE HOSPITAL.

-A •

•UNCLE
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 AMAR CHITRAKATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
i
TILAK RAISEP HIS VOiCŁ 4tSAlN5r IRHUMAŃ TREATMENT
METED OUT TO THE SUFFERJNO PEOPLE Of PUNĘ. IN H/S WHEN RAMP O!EU OF THE OULLCt ™
TfiEY CERTAiNLY PlPN‘T
ENóLłSH WEEkL Y, AAAHRATTA, HE WROTE - •Im. THE EN6L/SHMEN STEPPEP UP T/iE/R
CAMPA/GN AGAINST TU AK- FtNALLY 7
/ HOW RlGHT f THE TIMES OF 'THE ENGLISHMEN ÓOWERNMENT SMUNG INTO AC T/ON.
TILAK 15 • THEy INPlA* ALLEGES THAT ARE SO PANIC”
THE PLAGUE IS MORĘ
CAUSE HORĘ THE CULPRIT PREW STRICKEN THAT r TILAK
HEP Cl FUL TO LIS TKAM
MI6ERY THAN inspiration FROM THEY SEE HAS BEEN
ITS HUMAŃ PROTOTYPE ARRESTEP
THE PtSEAftF TILAK’S WRITING6 ANP MURPERERS EVEN
NON RE/GNING IN
IN THEIR OWN
THE cny —
S. SHAPOWSl .

TILAK SET UP H/S OWN SEGREGATłON CAMP FOR THE TERRlP/EP

IACTIMS ANO THE/R RELAT! UES. HE EWEN STARTED A FREE ,-
kfTCHEN FOR THE POOR IN THE CAMP. *---

jr all THE > TILAK MAS

T LEAPERS HAVE FLEP ' KE IS
LEAVING U5 TO THE THE REAL
MERCY Of THE PLAGUI LEAPER. y ME HAS SHOWN ^
ANP THE SOLPIER5. / POES PRAISING SHIUAJI ^ W US THE WAY TO GET
TILAK ALONE HAS MAHARAJ AMOLINT TO SEPlT- GRIEVANCES REPRESSEP
V STOOP BY US- ION P TH.AK HAS TAIIGHT US LAWFULLY. IS THAT
TO FK5HT FOR OUR RIGHTS- IS V SEPIT/ON P
^ THAT SEPIT/ON ?

NORMALCY SLOM.Y RETURNEO RUT MEANWHILE , THE ÓOWERNMENT IMPOSEP

THE H/OUNOS INFUCTED BY THE rrcwy r/NŁS ON THE CITIZENS. y
THOU6HTLESS SOL CHERS OtO NOT
HEAL ■ AN ANóRY MAN, OAMOOAR ' LOOH } LISTEN TO WHAT
HARt CHAPHEKAR SHOT AT RANO. TILAK HAS TO SAY. HAS ' WE OPENLY PARĘ TO S THAT *5 PRECISELY
THE GOVERNMENT LOST TILAK IS WSE* WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
CRITICIGE THE GOWERt
ITS SENSESP T BUT WILL THE
HIENI. A FEW YEARS - HAS AGAINST TILAK. HE
GOVERMMENT S£E
WE COULP NOT EVEN HAS INSTILLEP COURAGĘ
THINK Of &UCH A INTO US. THAT IS
thing! SEPITION ACCORPING
S TO THEM.

1THERE MAS A MASS!WE HUNT

FOR THE UNkNOWN CULPRtT.

20
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
LOKAMANYA TILAK
of Hts f/henps hjnted that t/lak AS EKPECTEO THE COORT FOUNP T/LAK CfWL 79 WHEN T/LAK WAS SH/FTEP FROM BOMBAY TO TERAYPA
P OFFER AN APOLOGY A NP SECURE WE 5EN7ENCE H/AS E/GHTEEN MONTHS9 JA/L , CHAPHERAR WHO HAP BEEN CAOOHT ANP
HtS UEASE. T/LAK REFUSEP. V=ZET.- R/OOROUS /MPR/SONMENT. WHEN THE NEWS SENTEA/CEP TO PEATH, TOOK SPEC/AL PERM/SS/ON TO AtEET
/" MY APSITION AMONG THE > REACHEP HIS W/FE,EHE FELL SER/OUSLT UL. H/M JN H/S CEU.
V f RŁOPLE ENTIRELY DEPENP6
LIPOM MV CMARACTER ; AND BALWANTRAO,
IF I AM COWEP POWN BY THE I WANT TO PIE WITH
K PERSECUTION , I THINK, LJVING THE GITA IN MY HANP. WITH
IN MAHARASHTRA 15 AS WILL TOU GIVE ME PLEASURE I
CtOOO AS LIYING IN THE
AHPAMANS
TOUR. COPY P
r ir'Vn
J 1! * 1 >' 1
I
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A FEN PAYS LATER t A BENGAL/ GENTLEMAN

T/LA* 700 FELL ILL AV PB/SON. CAUEP ON T/LAK.
HOWEPER, A MUSUM WABPER. TR/EP TO SE HE MIGhT HAVE BEEN
HELOGT2/ POUNP3/ OF HELP TO HIAl. ,---.-- MISGUIPEP IN KILLING PKOF. MAA MUELLER HAS
TT RAND. BUT CAN SENT TOU A GIFT —HIS
/ PAPASAHEft, / khow\ ANYPNE POUBT . TRANSLATION PF THE
TOU PRĘ Kino
f TOU DON*T UKE FOOP BUT TOU ARE HIS FATRIOTISMP RIG VEPA. HE |S
COOK EP WITH OHION ANP TRYING HIS BEST
BREAKING
o GORLIC. HAV/E 5O/HE TO HAVE YGU
PRISON RULES.
, BETEL HUT. IT MIGHT / TOU 5HOULPN’T. RELEASEP.
V HELP. A
\
M I

THE RARE <j/FT FROM THE FAMOGS GERMAN

SCHOLAR WON FOR TILAK FAC/UT/ES FOR
READ/N6 ANP NRIT/NG IH H/S CELL.
J

... UNLESS
THE HEM7 PAT HE SROOGHT 'iOitir rr\r.nm - _ THE ARYANS HAP
JAG6ERT. T/lak PECtOEO TO UE TO POT H/M OFF. ONCE HVEP IN

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THAT’S ITI IT
„ HAS TO BE I
I CAN'T EAT ^
THESE.I HAVE A /]•LL GET TOU
SORE MOUTH. ALM0NP5 AHO
5UGAR CANPV j
I i ( k THEN. y

• II » , , \ \ | f /> ——
n WAS TH/S /PEA THAT LATER LEP
H/M TO WRJTE THE BOO*. — THE
T/LAM HAO TO ^CŁPJ
DEFE AT SEFORE SOCH ARCT/C HOME /N THE JEDAS.
V
PER SIS TENCE •__
• WHERE POLfTlCAL PRJSONERS USEO TO BE OEPORTED 23
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA LOKAMANYA TILAK

Ftve '/BAAS LATEP, THE PLAGUE BROKE OUT SINCE SWARAJ WAS THE GOAL OF TILAK AND HIS FRIENDS.
A T LAST ON SEPTEM6ER 6,1699, TILAK
A6k IN łN PUNĘ. TH/S TIME IT CL AJMED LIRĘ LALA LAJPATRAI OF PUNJAB AND AUROfi/NPO
RELEASEP. THE TEMPL6 SELLS Of
TftAA’5 ELOeST SON. GHOSE OF BEN6AL, THET CAME TO BE KHOWN AS /
KAMO OUT ECHOJNG THE JO*/ Of THE
NA TJONAL JSTS .
WHV shoulpmt?
LIYES HAVE BEEN OUR FUTURĘ RESTS
SNATEHEP AWAY PROM ' ENTIRELT IN yOLIR HANPS.
SEVERAL HO/WES.ONE IF VOtl MEAN TO BE FREE, VOU
WAS SNATCHEP CAN BE FREE > IF YOU PO NOT,
FRC*1 OURS TOP. YOU WILL PALL ANP BE
FOREYER FALLEN...

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THE GOUERNMENT TRJED JN PAJN TO CUR8

WHEN LAJPATRA! WAS RELEASEO IN
NOUEMBER 1907 - |-'-
THE NAT/ONAL ISTS. LALA LAJPATRA! WAS
OEPORTED TO MANDALAY !N SURMA. 7 LAJPATRAI SHOULP y THAT T
BE *APE THE WOULP BE A
_JlflT|^|[/^ ...IFYOUR "^8
* A6HATI0N STOPPEP 1 PRESIPENT OF THE FITTING REPLY
THEN Pf JUL* 1905, LORD CURZON ANNOUNC THE PARTJTJON ONLY GAJE FURTHER StIRAT CONGRESS. TO THE
ly AS SOON AS ONE
ED THE PARTfTfON Of BENGAl. THE IMPETUS TO THE SWAPESHJ AtOUEMENT. GOVERN/MENT>
\Jj PEPORTATlON TOOK
PAJCTfTJON CAME JNTO POPCE ON IN PUNĘ AS IN THE REST OF INPIA, PEOPLŁ
PLACE, THE GOVERNMENT
C/CT03EE SE, 1905. BOYCOTTEP FOREIGN GOOOS. STUDENTS
A HUGE &ONF/RE OF rii woulp o et awa y with \
FOREIGN CLOTHES} THE J 0 li żJLfflT^A THE IPEA THAT
- - - “ many to co*E. iL' J|I ' REPRESSION HAP i J,

TRIU/MPHEP. M\

THE MOOERATES HOWEMEA

WANTED PR’ RASHBEHARł
GHOSH• _

ąj JHE CONGRESS SESSION IN SURAT, TH AR

WHEN THE TWO PART!ES MET WAS NOT ALLOWEP TO SPEAK BEfORE |
PR. GHOSH'S ELECTION. r-
' BUT WE CAN’T
IF WE ELECT OPENLY CHALLENGE ,SL
|VE A RIGHT TO
LAJPATRAI, IT LL f 0OVERNA<ENT| ADDRESS THE
TEACH THE GOYERN- I L 5™*p PELEGATES. VOU
TILAK STARTED A GLASS FACTOR Y AT TALE6AON AND A CO-OPER/TTIVE STORĘ POS¬ MENT A LESSON. '
US OUT CAN’T STOP me»
TNE SALE OF SWADĘSH/ GOOPS IN BOMBA* . ii

OUR RULER5 ARE TRAPERS

AS WELL AS PPLITICIANS* ^ kUJ
THE ONE tS PRESSEP THE
3TMER IS dOUHP T0 6E
AFFECTEPj IF NE ARB 6ELF ‘
RELIANT WE WILL &ŁCORE
iV’ FOLITICALLY FREE.
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LOKAMANYA TILAK

BUT THEY P*D ANP THE CON6RESS THE ETPLOS/OAZ cł/tc/cł/ /nfęuuoH THE
COUNTRY. THE GOYERNMENT SWONG TILAK CONTCNPEP THAT WHILE HE PEPLORED THE USŁ OF
SPLIT IN TO TWO 6ROUPS. BOMBS THE ONLY WAY 70 PREVENT SOCH OCCURRENCE5
IN TO AC TlON ANO SEYERAL dOURNAUSTc
THIS WILL NEVER WERE JAILEP. r-,- WAS TO REFORM THE APMINISTRATION. HE MAPĘ A
PO. A MOL/SE PIVIPEP FERYENT APPEAL TO THE JURY. yrrr -~zy ,
WHAT POES |T
A6AINST IT5ELF TILAK, | WANT MATTER P THE*
CANNOT STANP.WE TO GIVE YOU A TlP. WHOLE COUNTRY
ARE PLAYING INTO THE GOYERNMENT I& LIKE A VAST
THE HANPS Of THE IS PLANNING TO PRISON.THEY ARE
BRITISH. WE MUST ARREST YOU. NOW GOING TO
REMAIN UNITED CONFINE ME IN A
FOR OUR GOAL HALLER ONE.
IS ONE.

AROUNP THIS TIMEtRE\łOLUTlONARlES

NHO &EUEVEP /N UIOL ENCE &ECHME
ON HPRJL 30, JQOQ THE FIRST
'

AT ™£ b*'T'SH
SmŹZk OF MUZAFFARPUR,
RESJOENTS
♦♦ i ■ ■ ■ . _

WHEN THE JURY FOUND MIM GUILTY

I MAINTAIN THAT I AM
INNOCENT.... IT MAY BE THE
WILL OF PROYIDENCE THAT THE
CALISE WHICH I REPRESENT MAy
A FEW PAYS LA TER, TILAK WAS
PROSPER MORĘ BY MY SUFFER-
ARRESTED. THE CHARGE WAS
INGS THAN BY MY REMAINING
SEDITION; THE OFFENCE, AN
ART/CLE HE HAP NR/TTEN.
THE CASE AGA/A/ST

«*T,CLE To^tsm$°cJafL FKOM ™e U

WĄS Gu/LTW - H s CLAIM THAT t/lak THE BOMB PARTY HAS

II COME IN TO EXI6TENCE AS A
RESULT OF THE OPPRESSION
PRACTISEP BY THE OFFICIAL CLAS5
' H’A3 &ENTENCEP TO TRANSPORTATION FOR
6,x YEARS. IN BOMBAV A S/K-PAY STR/KE
THE POUCE FłREP INPISCR/MINATELY AT THE

♦••THE RESPON SI BI LITY FOR THIS WAS OBSERYEP ANP ALI THE TEKT/LE
CALAMI TY MU ST, 7HEREF0RE,0£ to/LLS WERp n nc.F=n -
^a. THROWN NOT ON POLITICAL
AGITATION, WRITINGS, OR
SPEECHES BUT ON THE
thoughtlessness ANP TH£
OBSTINACY OF THE
OFFICIAL CLASS •

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T)LAK mMS peporjep to manpalay. 'banpe THE WMOLE MOUSEHOŁP WOKE PP. T/LAK
MATĄ#AM ' THE BENGAL! WLEKŁY, BIP MIM A OV c/UA/£ 17, 131+ W 2-00 A-M- TMERE
60, TILAK, WHER£VER WAS BACK !
PATMETtC FARĘ WELL . WAS A KNOCK AT GA!KWAP WADA,
wu mav be SEKT TO
CRUSH YOUR BODY...
TILAK’S #ES!PENCE-
CANKER OF THE CHAINS
ohly eat into
iNTTi^ limbs but also
IN to EVERy HEART OF
HUO(JNTRy TO STIR łT
up 70 ,Ts Pa ty. you
HAVE FULFILLED yOUB
mission...

J/lALA LAdPWTRAI, \J
THE NEWS SPREAP. FRIENPS CAME RUNN/NG TO H/S
22* 5flEV7- rn* y£A#s a*d ci6ht ' BIPIN CHAHPRA PAL ]
T/IA*’S prolongep petention totally HOUSE. THEY TALKEP T/LL PAYBREAK. j | ANP AU ROBIN PO HAVt
■ ws **£ «**.- UNNERVED N/s W/FE ANP SNE P/EP WHEN
5 "'EPC &OOKS ANP 3j#C>S GONt INTO SELF-
ME WAS IN MANDALAY. WHEN THE JAILOR TELL ME WHAT IS * ; • * r ' <
X IMPOSEP EAILE-THE
CAME W TO TU AUc, s-a / _ r HAPPENING IN THE
PRESS IS GAG6EP.
. COUNTRY.
A k NATIONAL SCHOOLS J
—r l'M SORRY. \ /ONE OF US HAP [V ARE CLOSEP. y/1
i—,1 IT MUST BE A J /TO FACE THE
rN
6REAT LOSS Mf OTHER’S DEATH.
TO YOU. ^ I AM GLAP IT IS I.
I ONLY WISH I COULP
• *
HAVE BEEN WITH
HER WHEN THE
f £NP CAME. (i
^ BESAN 7(9 jup/ri; v__ . "

73Y£ Ct/T/9_0 *£fiST,$E ON SOMEBOPY HAS TO PO

* n /*c PITA BAHASYA*
SOME WELL-W/SHERS TRIEP TP P/SSUAPE THE WORK I AM POING. IF NO
t/lak from tam/ng part in politics. ONE PO ES IT, THE BRITISH
f PAPA,GIVE UP V WHAT ! INPULGE WILL RULE AS THEY
POUTICS NOW AT LEAST. A IN LITERATURĘ
V P£V0TE YOUR TIME J WHEN THE C0UN-
z\i El v
TO LITERATURĘ. A TRY IS ROTTING
U y-\ IN SLAYERY ?

IA UTm

* THE SKRĘT Qf TH| GTTA

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TilAK TVOK UP THE CAUSE OF HOME PULE, THE PEOPLE S Pi SOME ENTHUS/AST/C YOUTHS UHHAPNES
TH£JR OWN GOYERHMEHT. HE TOUPEP ALL OPER /NO/A AND SEP THE HOPSES AND DREW THE i-
CA PR /A O E THEMSEL YES •

V HOME KULE 16 THE

ONLY REMEPy. INSI5T OH
VOUR RI6HT6-INPIA 16
YOUR OWN HOME , ISN^T
W IT? >

OH AUGUST 1, 1920, EAACTLY E/GHT

LATER, T/LAK Y/S/TEO EHGLAHO TO
MOHTHS AFTER H/S RETURN TO /HP/A,\
THEN WHY V WE PO NOT ^ PRESENT /ND/A *S CASE FOR HOME PULE • • •
T/LAK P/EP. BUT THE CAUSE FOR WM/CH
HOT MANA6E IT ASK FOR SEPARATION
HE FOUGHT WAS TAKEN UP BY
VOURSELVESP FROM ENGLANP. BUT M/LL/ONS OF H/S COUNTRYMEN.
OUR POMFSTI6 AFFAIR6
MUST BE IN OUR j 4

HANPS. BRITISHERS
QUIT INPIA<
Z

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!T MUST BE NOTED 7HAT T/L AA.

PEMAHPEP ONLY HOME PULE,
HOT TOTAL /NPEPEHPENCE. THE
T/ME WAS HOT YET P/PE FOR /T•

TO BE PEYEPED AS LOKAMANYA 0 BY PEOPLE •••AND WON MANY

WENT TO LUCKHOW TO ATTENP THE A- FR/ENDS, NOTABLY FROM
?WłN<i THE UN/F/CAT/ON OF THE / [\ JHE LABOUR PARTY. W

LłSTS,H£ WAS TAKEN OUT /H * \

\
lokamanyb
TILAK KI JAI I

f;
7
mi

AND T/LAK’S L/FE ŁONO STPUGGLE AT

tftST BORĘ FPU/T OH AUGUST 15, 1947,

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