state the contribution of Gopal Krishna gokhle in national struggle
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You can really understand Gokhale from the following anecdote that Gandhiji wrote in the booklet,
"A sannyasi accused Gokhale that he was not sufficiently proud of Hinduism.
Mahatma Gokhale raised his brows and in a voice that would have pierced the
heart replied: If Hinduism consists in doing as you say (boasting that the
Hindus are superior and in looking down on the Mussalmans) then take it that
I am not a Hindu. Please go and leave me alone."
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was professor in Fergusson College in Poona for 20 years. During these years he came in contact with the great leader Justice Ranade under whom he studied political economy for more than 12 years.
He was editor of Quaterly Journal and Anglo-Marathi weekly Sudharaka, both published from Poona. During these times he was also secretary of the Bombay Provincial Conference for 4 years and was secretary of the Congress for the Poona session held in 1895. He also published later on a daily newspaperJnanaprakasha from poona to propagate his ideas of political and social reforms.
He was one of the two persons elected from Bombay to represent the points of locals before the Welby Commission, 1895-1900, British India. It was one of the first step taken by British India to involve natives into monetory expenditures and had Dadabhai Naraoji as one of the representatives of Indian interests.
He retired from teaching in 1902 and was elected as member of the Central Legislative Council to represent Bombay Presidency, where in he promoted measures for compulsory education on a basis of local option, criticized salt tax mposed by government and pitched for appointments of Indians to the higher services. He again took up the matter of appointments of Indians to higher services when he was member of Indian Public Service Commission.
In 1905 he founded his Servants of India Society, whose members take vows of poverty and lifelong service of their country in a religious spirit. Becoming actively identified with the National Congress movement, he was for some years the joint secretary and in 1905 president at the Benares session.
Mahatma Gandhi called Gopal Krishna Gokhale as ''Mahatama''. So that should be enough for introduction, but Gandhiji took his reverence for Gokhale much further as to write a booklet ''Gokhale: My Political Guru''
You can really understand Gokhale from the following anecdote that Gandhiji wrote in the booklet,
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was professor in Fergusson College in Poona for 20 years. During these years he came in contact with the great leader Justice Ranade under whom he studied political economy for more than 12 years.
He was editor of Quaterly Journal and Anglo-Marathi weekly Sudharaka, both published from Poona. During these times he was also secretary of the Bombay Provincial Conference for 4 years and was secretary of the Congress for the Poona session held in 1895. He also published later on a daily newspaper Jnanaprakasha from poona to propagate his ideas of political and social reforms.
He was one of the two persons elected from Bombay to represent the points of locals before the Welby Commission, 1895-1900, British India. It was one of the first step taken by British India to involve natives into monetory expenditures and had Dadabhai Naraoji as one of the representatives of Indian interests.
He retired from teaching in 1902 and was elected as member of the Central Legislative Council to represent Bombay Presidency, where in he promoted measures for compulsory education on a basis of local option, criticized salt tax mposed by government and pitched for appointments of Indians to the higher services. He again took up the matter of appointments of Indians to higher services when he was member of Indian Public Service Commission.
In 1905 he founded his Servants of India Society, whose members take vows of poverty and lifelong service of their country in a religious spirit. Becoming actively identified with the National Congress movement, he was for some years the joint secretary and in 1905 president at the Benares session