Thinker
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 key ideas, each explained in our own words.
Gokhale: Moderate Reform
- IDEA 1
Spiritualising public life
Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society to train people who would serve the nation with integrity and simplicity. Public service needs character as much as skill.
- IDEA 2
Constitutional methods
He believed in reform through argument, petitions and gradual change within institutions. Patient, evidence-based persuasion can move power.
- IDEA 3
Primary education
Gokhale introduced a bill for free and compulsory primary education in 1911. It failed then but anticipated later rights to education.
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