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{{Short description|Indian politician (1921–2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name= Jayantrao Tilak
| image=
| caption =
| birthname = Jayant Shridhar Tilak
| alias =
| birth_date = 12 October 1921
| birth_place =
| death_date = 23 April 2001 <br>(aged 79)
| nationality= British Indian {{small|(1921-1945)}} <br/> Indian {{small|(1947-2001)}}
| occupation = Politician
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| office1 = [[List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| term_start1 = 23 September 1982
| term_end1 = 7 July 1998
| predecessor1 = [[R. S. Gavai]]
| successor1 = Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 03 April 1974
| term_end3 = 02 April 1980
| term_start4= 03 April 1968
| term_end4 = 02 April 1974
| constituency4= [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| term_start2= 23 September 1982
| term_end2 = 7 July 1998
| spouse =
| relatives= [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] (grandfather)
}}

'''Jayant Shridhar Tilak''' (12 October 1921 – 23 April 2001), generally referred to as '''Jayantrao Tilak''', was a politician from [[Indian National Congress]] and 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> He was the chairman of the house for 16 years.

==Early life and family==
Jayantrao Tilak was a grandson of the [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence leader]], [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak|Lokmanya Tilak]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mahatma Gandhi|title=Letter To Jayant S Tilak (1st May 1945), ( in Collected Works /Volume 86 )|url=http://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/gwiki/index.php/Collected_Works/Volume_86/Letter_To_Jayant_S_Tilak_%281st_May_1945%29|access-date=9 January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Jayantrao's father, [[Shridhar Balwant Tilak]] was a campaigner for social reforms in India. He worked with [[B.R. Ambedkar]] to eradicate [[untouchability]] in the 1920s. Dispute with family members and trustees of Kesari led Shridharpant to commit suicide in 1928.<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= https://csss-isla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Why-Untouchability-and-Atrocities-Persists-Despite-Laws-by-Prof.-Sukhadeo-Thorart.pdf}}</ref><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>

Jayant-rao Tilak's son, Deepak Tilak, is the Vice Chancellor of [[Tilak Maharashtra University|Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth]], a [[deemed University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tmv.edu.in/aboutvc.asp|title=Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625044640/http://tmv.edu.in/aboutvc.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rohit Tilak, Deepak Tilak's son, was accused of rape in 2017. The case is pending in the court of law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/623449/tilaks-descendent-booked-rape.html|title=Tilak's descendent booked for rape|date=19 July 2017}}</ref> Rohit Tilak contested 2009 assembly elections as a Congress candidate. Jayant Tilak's nephew Shailesh is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [[Mukta Tilak]], Shailesh Tilak's wife and Jayant Tilak's niece-in-law, was the first mayor from BJP in Pune Corporation in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/first-bjp-mayor-from-tilak-family/articleshow/57656817.cms|title = First BJP mayor from Tilak family}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/bjps-mukta-tilak-elected-as-mayor-in-pune-municipal-corporation/articleshow/57646949.cms|title = पुण्याच्या महापौरपदी भाजपच्या मुक्ता टिळक}}</ref> In 2019, Mukta Tilak was elected to Maharashtra assembly as a BJP candidate from [[Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba Peth]].

==Death==
Jayant Shridhar Tilak died on 23 April 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title= Jayantrao Tilak is dead | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/23jay.htm |publisher=Rediff Web Site}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Politicians from Pune]]
[[Category:Chairs of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1960–1962]]

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