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Tilak's son, [[Shridhar Balwant Tilak|Shridhar Tilak]] campaigned for removal of [[untouchability]] in late 1920s with [[dalit]] leader, Dr. [[Ambedkar]].<ref name="PaswanJaideva2002">{{cite book|author1=Sanjay Paswan|author2=Pramanshi Jaideva|title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ess-9bebEYC&pg=PA9|year=2002|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7835-128-5|pages=123–124}}</ref> Both were leaders of the multi-caste Samata sangh.{{sfn|Anupama Rao|2009|p=315}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Sukhdeo Thorat|title=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"|url=http://www.csss-isla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Why-Untouchability-and-Atrocities-Persists-Despite-Laws-edited.pdf|website=Centre for Study of Society and Secularism|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319214708/http://www.csss-isla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Why-Untouchability-and-Atrocities-Persists-Despite-Laws-edited.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shridhar's son, [[Jayantrao Tilak]] (1921–2001) was editor of the Kesari newspaper for many years. Jayantrao was also a politician from the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]]. He was a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was also a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajya Sabha Web Site|url= http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf |page=5 |access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>
Rohit Tilak, a descendant of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is a Pune-based Congress party politician.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Hindu| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/mukta-tilak-mba-is-punes-first-bjp-mayor/article17469864.ece|date=16 March 2017|author=Shoumojit Banerjee|title=Mukta Tilak, MBA, is Pune's first BJP mayor}}</ref> In 2017, a woman with whom he had an extra-marital affair accused him of rape and other crimes. He was released on bail in connection with these charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohit Tilak's Bail in Rape Case Extended by Court |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/rohit-tilaks-bail-in-rape-case-extended-by-court/articleshow/60010263.cms|work=India Times|author=Archana More|date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Great grandson of Bal Gangadhar Tilak charged with rape in Pune|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/rohit-tilak-booked-under-rape-charges-in-pune/story-OQ7OvsESG9WW2opyH3dx8H.html|work=Hindustan Times|author=Shalaka Shinde|date=19 July 2017}}</ref>
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