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dated July 24, 1956: Homage to Tilak

Broadcasting a talk on July 22 on the eve of the Tilak centenary celebrations, the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad said that Lokamanya Tilak would go down in history as one of the foremost builders of the Indian nation. "As a man of indomitable courage and as one wedded to free thinking at the very start of his public career, the life-story of Lokamanya Tilak forms an inspiring prelude to our struggle for freedom. To the future historian of India, Lokamanya Tilak would be known best as a towering personality and a great national leader, who not only conceived the idea of Purna Swaraj, but also thought in terms of revolution. He had the courage to suffer for his convictions at the hands of the British Government and his defence argument in one of his trials stands out as masterpiece of forensic oratory combined with fervent patriotism.

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