Gokhale: Moderate Reform: 3 key ideas

by Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The core ideas of Gokhale: Moderate Reform, each in under a minute, written in our own words. Want the full depth? Get the book.

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IDEA 1 OF 3
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 OF 3
Constitutional methods
He believed in reform through argument, petitions and gradual change within institutions.
Patient, evidence-based persuasion can move power.
IDEA 3 OF 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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