👉GOPAL 0KRISHN GOKHLE
PRELIMS FACT
👉Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on 9 May 1866 in Kotluk village in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the BombayPresidency) in a Brahmin family.
👉He worked towards social empowerment, expansion of education , struggle for freedom in India for three decades and rejected the use of reactionary or revolutionary ways.
👉He joined Indian National Congres in 1889
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👉He became president in indian nation Congress in Banaras Session (1905)
👉Gokhale ji was belonged to moderate group
👉This was the time when bitter differences had arisen between his group of ‘Moderates’ and the ‘Extremists’ led by Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak among others. The two factions split at the Surat session of 1907.
👉He established the Servants of India Society in 1905 for the expansion of Indian education.
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👉He was also associated with the Sarvajanik sabha journal started by Govind Ranade.
👉In 1908, Gokhale founded the Ranade Institute of Economics.
👉He started english weekly newspaper, The Hitavada (The people's paper).
👉As a liberal nationalist, he is regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his political guru.
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👉Gandhi wrote a book in Gujarati dedicated to the leader titled ‘Dharmatma Gokhale'.
👉Gokhale worked towards social empowerment, expansion of education , struggle for freedom in India for three decades and rejected the use of reactionary or revolutionary ways.
👉Gokhale ji died in 19 February 1915 (aged 48)Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.
