Which of the following was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Servants of India society.

Key Points

In 1905, Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded 'The Servants of India Society'.
- The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune on June 12, 1905, for the expansion of Indian education.
- Servants of India Society's aim was to unite and train Indians of different ethnicities and religions in welfare work.
- It was the first secular organization in that country to devote itself to the underprivileged, rural and tribal people, and other social causes.
- Members go through a five-year training period and agree to serve on extremely modest salaries.

Additional Information

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great social reformer and educationist who provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement.
He worked towards social empowerment, expansion of education, and struggle for freedom in India for three decades and rejected the use of reactionary or revolutionary ways.
Between 1899 and 1902, he was a member of the Bombay Legislative Council followed by work at the Imperial Legislative Council from 1902 till his death (1915).
At the Imperial legislature, Gokhale played a key role in framing the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909.
He was associated with the Moderate Group of the Indian National Congress (joined in 1889).
He was also associated with the Sarvajanik Sabha journal started by Govind Ranade.
In 1908, Gokhale founded the Ranade Institute of Economics.
He started an English weekly newspaper, The Hitavada (The People's paper).
He became president of INC in 1905 in the Banaras session.