Editing Bal Gangadhar Tilak (section)

===Sedition Charges===
During his lifetime among other political cases, Tilak had been tried for [[sedition]] charges in three times by British India Government—in 1897,<ref name = bombayhighcourt_1>{{cite web | url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/First_Tilak_Trial_-_1897.html | title=FIRST TILAK TRIAL – 1897 | publisher=[[Bombay High Court]] | access-date= 29 February 2016 }}</ref> 1909,<ref name = bombayhighcourt_2>{{cite web | url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Second_Tilak_Trial_-1909.html | title=SECOND TILAK TRIAL – 1909 | publisher=[[Bombay High Court]] | access-date= 29 February 2016 }}</ref> and 1916.<ref name = bombayhighcourt_3>{{cite web | url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Third_Tilak_Case_-_1916.html | title=THIRD TILAK TRIAL – 1916 | publisher=[[Bombay High Court]] | access-date= 29 February 2016 }}</ref> In 1897, Tilak was sentenced to 18 months in prison for preaching disaffection against the Raj. In 1909, he was again charged with sedition and intensifying racial animosity between Indians and the British. The Bombay lawyer [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] appeared in Tilak's defence but he was sentenced to six years in prison in Burma in a controversial judgement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-01|title=On Tilak's hundredth death anniversary, what governments can learn from his two trials|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/bal-gangadhar-tilak-death-anniversary-sedition-6533181/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In 1916 when for the third time Tilak was charged for sedition over his lectures on self-rule, [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Jinnah]] again was his lawyer and this time led him to acquittal in the case.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-17|title=Jinnah, Tilak and Indian independence movement|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/978314/jinnah-tilak-and-indian-independence-movement|access-date=2020-08-11|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2010-03-03|title=Where Jinnah defended Tilak|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/where-jinnah-defended-tilak/story-UV1H6DIIMzzuFx3kTXShgK.html|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>