Question

The Servants of India society was founded by ___________.

Answer 1

The Servants of India Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1915.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale:

• Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on 9 May 1866 in Kotluk village in present-day Maharashtra in a Brahmin family.
• He was a renowned social reformer of India, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the leaders of the moderate bloc of the Indian National Congress.
• He was known to be the Mahatma Gandhi’s political mentor.
• In 1905, he was elected president of the Indian National Congress (Benares Session).

About Servants of India Society

• In 1905, he formed the Servants of India Society in Pune (Maharashtra) to further the expansion of education in India.
• The Society organised mobile libraries, founded schools, and provided night classes for factory workers.
• He also gave night classes to industrial workers.
• He wanted Indians to receive an education that would instil in them a civic and patriotic sense of duty.