Gopal Krishna Gokhale(1866-1915)
Indian politician and social reformer. Born in Kotluk, Bombay, in 1866,
he became Professor of History at Fergusson College, Poona, resigning
in 1904, when he was selected representative of the Bombay legislative
council at the supreme council. He founded the Servants of India
Society in 1905 to work for the relief of the underprivileged, and in
the same year was elected president of the Indian National Congress. He
was a leading protagonist of Indian self-government and influenced
Mahatma Gandhi, advocating moderate and constitutional methods of
agitation and gradual reform.