Gopal Krishna Gokhale, born on 9 May 1866, was an Indian
liberal political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence
Movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and the
founder of the Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the
Congress and other legislative bodies he served in, Gokhale campaigned for
Indian self-rule and for social reforms. He was the leader of the moderate
faction of the Congress party that advocated reforms by working with existing
government institutions.
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