Today’s History: Tilak was arrested for writing in favor of revolutionaries, while serving 6 years’ sentence, wrote Gita Rahasya

On 30 April 1908, a bomb was detonated by Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chand Chaki. Judge Kingsford was the target of the blast, but he survived the attack and killed two British women. The British arrested Khudiram Bose the same evening and he was put on trial.

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote in favor of these two revolutionaries in his newspaper ‘Kesari’. For this reason, on 3 July 1908, Tilak was arrested by the British. He was sentenced to 6 years and imprisoned. While in jail, Tilak also wrote a 400-page book, Gita Rahasya.

Born on 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, Tilak was one of the first Indian generation to receive a modern college education. He taught mathematics in schools and colleges for some time. Tilak believed that English education taught disrespect to Indian civilization, so he founded the Deccan Education Society so that Indians could be given good education.

Tilak started two newspapers in Marathi named ‘Maratha Darpan’ and ‘Kesari’, in which he used to write against the cruelty of British rule. Both these newspapers were very much liked among the people. It was due to the efforts of Lokmanya Tilak that Ganesh festival and Shivaji festival got the form of social festival in Maharashtra. Through these festivals, the public was made aware against the injustices of the British.

‘Lokmanya’ Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

During the plague epidemic in Maharashtra in 1896-97, Tilak threw himself into relief work, but he was deeply annoyed by the neglectful attitude of the British rule during the epidemic. For this, he wrote an article in the newspaper, in which it was said through the lines of Gita that those who commit atrocities cannot be considered innocent.

It is said that inspired by this article, the Chapekar brothers killed Walter Charles Rand. The British government arrested Tilak for abetting the murder.

After his release from prison in 1914, Tilak founded the Home Rule League with Annie Besant in 1916. The aim of this movement was to establish Swaraj in India. Bal Gangadhar Tilak got a lot of fame during the Home Rule Movement, due to which he got the title of Lokmanya. This great leader of the country breathed his last on 01 August 1920. Mahatma Gandhi gave him the title of the architect of modern India.

1819: The first savings bank in America ‘Savings Bank of New York’ was started

By the beginning of the 18th century, many savings banks had been opened in Europe and millions of people were using their services. When the people of America saw the benefit of these banks, they also made preparations to open a similar bank in America.

America’s first savings bank was started on this day in the year 1819. It was the fourth public bank in America. Initially, it was publicized in the newspapers as the bank of the poor. The purpose of opening this bank was to connect the lower strata of the society with the banking system and secure their savings.

The credit for the beginning of this bank goes to Thomas Eddy. Thomas held the first meeting in this regard on 25 November 1816. After several meetings, a written constitution of the bank was prepared and the bank was named Saving Bank of New York.

The Savings Bank of New York building on Bleacher Street.

It was decided to pay 5% annual interest on deposits ranging from $5 to $50. The interest rate on the amount above this will be 6%. The customers were given a diary in which all the accounts of the transactions were recorded. The bank was started on this day in 1819.

The bank got a good response from the people and within a month, about 1 thousand accounts were opened. It is said that during the Civil War when the rest of America’s banks were not performing well, even then this bank had a balance of $ 11 million.

In 1982 this bank was merged with Buffalo Savings Bank. In 1991 this bank went bankrupt and the government sold it to two companies.

In the history of the country and the world, the day of July 3 is also remembered because of these important events…

1996: Hindi film actor Rajkumar passed away.

1928: John Logie Baird demonstrated the first color television broadcast in London.

1884: The American stock exchange Dow Jones released the world’s first stock index.

1661: Portugal gifted Bombay to King Charles II of Britain.