The prime purpose of the current study was to apprehend the association of great freedom fighter and India’s national leader Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the labour movement. Lokmanya Tilak was the founder of Swaraj and worked relentlessly for the betterment of working class. He had a vision of nourished and developed India. And to fulfil his vision of obtaining Swaraj and called out the workers to improve their status. In the present paper we will scrutinize how Tilak undertook the task of social awareness through daily 'Kesari' and how he made people aware of the economic plunder which was taking place in India. He made people aware of nationality.