Jayant Shridhar Tilak

Jayantrao Shridhaar Tilak (12 October 1921 – 23 April 2001) was a politician from Indian National Congress and was member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was also Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council.[1] He was the chairman of the house for uninterrupted 16 years.

Jayant Shridhar Tilak
Born
Jayant

12 October 1921
OccupationPolitician
Years active1945−2001

Early life and family

jayantrao was grandson of the radical Indian independence leader, Lokmanya Tilak.[2]Jayantrao's father, Shridhar was a campaigner for social reforms in India. He worked with B.R. Ambedkar to eradicate untouchability in the 1920s.[3] His son, Deepak Tilak, is the Vice Chancellor of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, a deemed University.[4] Rohit Tilak, Deepak Tilak's son, was accused of rape in 2017. The case is pending in the court of law.[5] Rohit Tilak contested 2009 assembly elections as a Congress candidate. Jayant Tilak's other son Shailesh is associated with BJP. Mukta Tilak, Shailesh Tilak's wife and Jayant Tilak's daughter-in-law, was the first mayor from BJP in Pune Corporation in 2017. [6] In 2019, she was elected to Maharashtra assembly as BJP candidate from Kasba Peth.

Death

He died on 23 April 2001.[7]

References
  1. "Rajya Sabha Web Site" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. Mahatma Gandhi. "Letter To Jayant S Tilak (1st May 1945), ( in Collected Works /Volume 86 )". Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. Sukhdeo Thorat. "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"" (PDF).
  4. http://www.tmv.edu.in/aboutvc.asp
  5. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/623449/tilaks-descendent-booked-rape.html
  6. https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/first-bjp-mayor-from-tilak-family/articleshow/57656817.cms
  7. "Jayantrao Tilak is dead". Rediff Web Site.
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