The British Government took all possible measures to repress all the activities of the Assertives. (i) Their leaders were jailed, some of them without trait, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was jailed for six years. (ii) His two journals, the ‘Maratha’ in English and the ‘Kesari’ in Marathi exposed the excesses of the British Government. These two journals gave the people new directions in their efforts to fight for the freedom of India. The people were able to learn about the glorious past of the Marathas, which helped them to stand united against the drastic measures to suppress the Assertives nationalism.