SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

1866 - 1915

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale ( [ˈɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː] 9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement, and political mentor of Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi. 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, and a major member of the Poona Association or the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gopal Krishna Gokhale is the 202nd most popular social activist (down from 145th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from India (down from 149th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gopal Krishna Gokhale ranks 202 out of 840. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Andrés Bonifacio, Subcomandante Marcos, Tawakkol Karman, Sojourner Truth, and Tiradentes. After him are Aliya Moldagulova, Hrant Dink, David Sassoon, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Mangal Pandey, and Emily Davison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gopal Krishna Gokhale ranks 41. Before him are Enrique Simonet, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Jeppe Aakjær, Ambroise Vollard, and Francesco Cilea. After him are Adrien de Gerlache, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Franz von Bayros, Hubert Van Innis, Ramon Casas, and Emile Vandervelde. Among people deceased in 1915, Gopal Krishna Gokhale ranks 27. Before him are Karl Goldmark, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, William Wallace Denslow, Saitō Hajime, Nadežda Petrović, and Remy de Gourmont. After him are Adèle Hugo, Konstantin Makovsky, Edith Cavell, Julius von Payer, François Faber, and Oswald Külpe.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gopal Krishna Gokhale ranks 241 out of 1,861. Before him are Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Amrit Kaur (1889), and Namdev (1270). After him are Hema Malini (1948), Amjad Khan (1940), Feroz Khan (1939), Tatya Tope (1814), V. V. Giri (1894), and Johnny Lever (1957).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Gopal Krishna Gokhale ranks 10. Before him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Vinoba Bhave (1895), and Kailash Satyarthi (1954). After him are Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Vandana Shiva (1952), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), and Udham Singh (1899).

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