Jayant Shridhar Tilak: Difference between revisions

Jayantrao Tilak was a grandson of the radical [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence leader]], [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak|Lokmanya Tilak]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mahatma Gandhi|title=Letter To Jayant S Tilak (1st May 1945), ( in Collected Works /Volume 86 ) | url= http://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/gwiki/index.php/Collected_Works/Volume_86/Letter_To_Jayant_S_Tilak_%281st_May_1945%29 | accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>Jayantrao's father, [[Shridhar Balwant Tilak]] was a campaigner for social reforms in India. He worked with [[B.R. Ambedkar]] to eradicate [[untouchability]] in the 1920s. Dipute with family members and trustees of Kesari led Shridharpant to commit suicide in 1928. <ref>{{cite web|author=Sukhdeo Thorat|title=9th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture on 5th August 2017 "Why Untouchability, Caste Discrimination and Atrocities still persists despite Law? Reflections on Causes for Persistence and Solutions"|url= https://csss-isla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Why-Untouchability-and-Atrocities-Persists-Despite-Laws-by-Prof.-Sukhadeo-Thorart.pdf}}</ref> <ref name="PaswanJaideva2002">{{cite book|author1=Sanjay Paswan|author2=Pramanshi Jaideva|title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ess-9bebEYC&pg=PA9|year=2002|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7835-128-5|pages=123–124}}</ref>

His son, Deepak Tilak, is the Vice Chancellor of [[Tilak Maharashtra University|Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth]], a deemed University.<ref>http://www.tmv.edu.in/aboutvc.asp</ref> Rohit Tilak, Deepak Tilak's son, was accused of rape in 2017. The case is pending in the court of law.<ref>https://www.deccanherald.com/content/623449/tilaks-descendent-booked-rape.html</ref> Rohit Tilak contested 2009 assembly elections as a Congress candidate. Jayant Tilak's nephew Shailesh is associated with BJP. [[Mukta Tilak]], Shailesh Tilak's wife and Jayant Tilak's daughter-in-law (niece-in-law, to be more exact), was the first mayor from BJP in Pune Corporation in 2017. <ref>https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/first-bjp-mayor-from-tilak-family/articleshow/57656817.cms </ref> <ref>https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/bjps-mukta-tilak-elected-as-mayor-in-pune-municipal-corporation/articleshow/57646949.cms</ref> In 2019, Mukta Tilak was elected to Maharashtra assembly as BJP candidate from [[Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Kasba Peth]].