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Who among the following was known as "The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi"?
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The correct answer is Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
  • 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, 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 Indian National Congress (joined in 1889).
  • He was also associated with the Sarvajanik Sabha journal started by Govind Ranade.
  • He was the founder of the Servants of India Society in 1905.
  • 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.

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