Question

In which year Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded 'Servants of India Society'?
1. 1902
2. 1903
3. 1904
4. 1905

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1905

The correct answer is 1905.

• In the 1905 year, Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded '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.
• Hence, option 4 is correct.

• Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great social reformer and educationist who provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement.
• Ideology:
  • Gokhale worked towards social empowerment, expansion of education, struggle for freedom in India for three decades and rejected the use of reactionary or revolutionary ways.
• Role in Colonial Legislatures: 
  • 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).
• Related Societies and Other Works:
  • 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.