QUESTION OF THE DAY NO.167 Q. Servants of Indian society founded by the Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Who

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QUESTION OF THE DAY NO.167

 

Q. Servants of Indian society founded by the Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Who among the following are the members :

 

1. B.N. Rao

 

2. Alladi Krishnaswamy

 

3. M.C. Setalvad

 

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

 

A) 1 & 3

 

B) Only 2

 

C) 2 & 3

 

D) 1,2,3

 

Ans. D

 

*The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 byGopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association.

 

*Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India.

*The Society organized many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse.

*The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur commenced in 1911.

*Prominent Indians were its members and leaders. It chose to remain away from political activities and organizations like the Indian National Congress.

*The base of the Society shrank after Gokhale's death in 1915, and in the 1920s with the rise of Mahatma Gandhi as president of Congress, who launched social reform campaigns on a mass scale throughout the nation and attracted young Indians to the cause. However, it still continues its activities albeit with a small membership.