Jayant Shridhar Tilak (12 October 1921 – 23 April 2001), generally referred to as Jayant-rao Tilak, was a politician from

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and was a member of the

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representing

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in the

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, the upper house of the

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. He was also a Member of the

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. He was the chairman of the house for 16 years.

Early life and family

Jayantrao Tilak was a grandson of the Indian independence leader,

Lokmanya Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...

. Jayantrao's father,

Shridhar Balwant Tilak Shridhar Balwant Tilak (1896-1928) also known as Shridharpant was a social activist and Marathi writer from Pune. He was the youngest son of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Early life and family Shridhar Balwant Tilak is a third son of Indian independenc ...

was a campaigner for social reforms in India. He worked with

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to eradicate

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in the 1920s. Dispute with family members and trustees of Kesari led Shridharpant to commit suicide in 1928. Jayant-rao Tilak's son, Deepak Tilak, is the Vice Chancellor of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, a deemed University. Rohit Tilak, Deepak Tilak's son, was accused of rape in 2017. The case is pending in the court of law. Rohit Tilak contested 2009 assembly elections as a Congress candidate. Jayant Tilak's nephew Shailesh is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mukta Tilak Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Kasba Peth in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2 ...

, Shailesh Tilak's wife and Jayant Tilak's niece-in-law, was the first mayor from BJP in Pune Corporation in 2017. In 2019, Mukta Tilak was elected to Maharashtra assembly as a BJP candidate from

Kasba Peth Kasba Peth in the Marathi language, is mostly used in Maharashtra. Its general key term is for "locality" in English. This term is currently used in Indian cities, for example cities like Pune, Solapur, Madhavnagar, Karad, Ahmednagar Ahmedn ...

Death

Tilak died on 23 April 2001.

References

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