“ A graduate at 18 , professor and associate editor of the Sudharak at 20 , Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25 , Secretary of the National Congress at 29 , leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31 , Provincial legislator at 34 , Imperial legislator at 36 , President of the Indian National Congress at 39 , a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself regarded as his master.“
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