Gopal Krishna Gokhale (9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915), an Indian liberal political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and the founder of the Servants of India Society. He was also a writer, economist, revolutionary, and philosopher. Along with other contemporary leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Dadabhai Naoroji, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, and Annie Besant, Gokhale fought for decades to obtain greater political representation and power over public affairs for common Indians. Gokhale was moderate and is the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on 9 May 1866 in Kotluk, Dist. Ratnagiri, Bombay Presidency, British India.
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