Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Gopal Krishna Gokhale introduction
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was another respected moderate leader of the early nationalist movement. H e was born in Kholapur, Maharashtra in the year 1866AD. Like Dadabhai Naoroji he started his career as a professor, a professor of history and economics at Fergusson College and later rose to become the principal of the college. He would later become a popular leader of the early nationalist movement.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was greatly influenced by Justice M.G. Ranade and looked up to him as his political mentor. He joined the Deccan Education Society founded by the Justice and it was here that his political career began. On behalf of the society he went to England to propagate Indian views and appeared before the Welby commission. On his return to India, he set up the Servants of India society in 1905, which involved people dedicated to working for the upliftment of the Indian people. He also edited a quarterly journal called the Sudharak .
Gopal Krishna Gokhale entered the Indian National Congress at the Allahabad session. He became the general secretary of the party in the year 1897, and was elected the president of the International Congress in 1905. When the partition of Bengal was announced Gopal Krishna Gokhale condemned the government action and fully supported the boycott movement. In 1902 he entered the Imperial legislative council, and he delivered some of his finest speeches here. He sincerely tried to reform the British administration though he was not very successful. In 1906 he was sent to England as a representative of the Indian National Congress with the aim of making the British people more aware of the plight of the Indian people. His eloquent speeches won him many admirers. Gopal Krishna Gokhale like the early nationalist remained essentially a moderate leader. He believed that reforms could be achieved through constitutional agitation. He like the early nationalists trusted the British and believed that once
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was another respected moderate leader of the early nationalist movement. H e was born in Kholapur, Maharashtra in the year 1866AD. Like Dadabhai Naoroji he started his career as a professor, a professor of history and economics at Fergusson College and later rose to become the principal of the college. He would later become a popular leader of the early nationalist movement.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was greatly influenced by Justice M.G. Ranade and looked up to him as his political mentor. He joined the Deccan Education Society founded by the Justice and it was here that his political career began. On behalf of the society he went to England to propagate Indian views and appeared before the Welby commission. On his return to India, he set up the Servants of India society in 1905, which involved people dedicated to working for the upliftment of the Indian people. He also edited a quarterly journal called the Sudharak .
Gopal Krishna Gokhale entered the Indian National Congress at the Allahabad session. He became the general secretary of the party in the year 1897, and was elected the president of the International Congress in 1905. When the partition of Bengal was announced Gopal Krishna Gokhale condemned the government action and fully supported the boycott movement. In 1902 he entered the Imperial legislative council, and he delivered some of his finest speeches here. He sincerely tried to reform the British administration though he was not very successful. In 1906 he was sent to England as a representative of the Indian National Congress with the aim of making the British people more aware of the plight of the Indian people. His eloquent speeches won him many admirers. Gopal Krishna Gokhale like the early nationalist remained essentially a moderate leader. He believed that reforms could be achieved through constitutional agitation. He like the early nationalists trusted the British and believed that once