Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a true disciple of Justice Ranade. He joined the Deccan Education Society founded by Ranade.He was an influencial member of the Indian National Congress. Gokhale advocated moderate and constitutional methods of agitation and gradual reforms. He presided over the Benares session of the Congress in 1905. He strongly criticized the partition of Bengal.
In 1905 he founded the Servants of India S ociety and went to England and South Africa to further the cause of India’s struggle for freedom. He opposed the illtreatment of untouchables and also took up the cause of Indians living in South Africa. Gandhiji accepted him as his guru.
Gokhale was a great nation builder and a great economist. He criticized the policy of the government in excluding the Indians from higher jobs in the country. Tilak called him as the ‘diamond of India’, ‘the jewel of Maharashtra’ and’ the prince of workers’.
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