Full & Authentic Report of the Tilak Trial: (1908.) Being the Only Authorised Verbatim Account of the Whole Proceedings with Introduction and Character Sketch of Bal Gangadhar Tilak Together with Press Opinion |
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9th June accused administration Advocate agitation Anglo-Indian argument attempt Bal Gangadhar Tilak Baptista Bengal bomb Bombay Bombay High Court Bureaucracy Calcutta Chief Justice committed conviction Criminal Procedure Code Crown Davar defence disaffection duty England English evidence excite express fact feelings Gentlemen give Government guilty hatred High Court India Indian Penal Code intention joinder Kesari learned Judge libel liberty Lord Lord Curzon Lordship Marathi Marathi language matter means mind motive murder newspaper offence official class opinion outrage papers partition of Bengal party Police political Poona Press Privy Council Prosecution punishment question Reads referred reform repressive rule Sanskrit Section 124 sedition sentence Swarajya thing tion translations trial verdict words writing अशा अशी असें आणि आहे आहेत उत्पन्न करून काय कांहीं किंवा कीं जर तर तरी नाहीं पण पाहिजे या हा ही हें होय ह्या
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