Shri. Lokmanya Tilak realized that unity fostered among the people would bring about Independence from the British rule.

Shree Ganesh Utsav was started, where a large assembly of people, under the pretext of public veneration, would be convinced to fight the British in order to gain freedom.

Melas, dramas, folklore, Baruds and Powadas were mediums used to express the dissatisfaction of the people towards the British rule. These in turn led to uprisings and finally culminated in the British Government giving Independence on the 15th of August 1947. History has recorded this act as the only example of its kind. » »