• Shiv Jayanti Meeting at Akola was attended by Gajanan Maharaj along with many dignitaries. Meeting was addressed by Lokmanya Tilak. Lokmanya Tilak was arrested by the British Govt.
• Maharaj, after 3 days of Samadhi hinted that Lokamanya would be imprisoned
  Maharaj, sent his prasada of Bhakari to Lokmanya. Yet Lokmanya was sentenced and sent to Mandale. There Lokmanya wrote the world famous "Geeta Rahasya"
• Shridhar Govind Kale of Kolhapur decided to go to England for further education and then serve the motherland. While traveling from Bhandara to Kolhapur along with a friend, he got down at Shegaon to see Gajanan Maharaj.
• Maharaj read their faces and criticized their going to England and advised not to leave India. Shridhar obeyed, stayed studied and later became the Principal in Gwalier State.