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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

1866–1915

Also known as: Gokhale

How Gopal Krishna Gokhale is discussed in this archive

Authored 2 works in the archive.

Referenced in 16 other works — including C Y Chintamani: The Liberal Editor, Politician , Hriday Nath Kunzru – The Liberal Institution Builder , and V S Srinivasa Sastri: Diplomat, Politician, Liberal .

In EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF A FREE INDIA : Gokhale is listed among the Bombay University alumni in Palkhivala's closing tribute, as one of the founding generation of nation-builders that contemporary India fails to merit.

In C Y Chintamani: The Liberal Editor, Politician : Gokhale is invoked both as the 'patron saint of the Indian liberal pantheon' whom Chintamani criticised for the Press Act, and as an exemplar of the liberal tradition within which Chintamani operated.

In Dadabhai Naoroji: Social Reforms, Transnational Connections and Statistical Liberalism : Gokhale is cited as the founder of the Servants of India Society, one of the liberal civil society associations that sought to represent Indian interests and demand rights from the state.

In Freedom First's Resistance to Indira Gandhi's Emergency : Gokhale is mentioned in a polemical aside where Masani suggested his meeting with a Soviet law delegation may have influenced the law minister's proposal to water down the courts' writ jurisdiction.

In GG Agarkar : Modern Indian Liberal and Reformer : Gokhale is named among the moderate liberal figures in Maharashtra who provide the context for Agarkar's more radical reformism.

By Gopal Krishna Gokhale (2)

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In ThePrint (1)

About Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1)

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Opinion pieces (10)

  • C Y Chintamani: The Liberal Editor, Politician
    • "Gopal Krishna Gokhale, the patron saint of the Indian liberal pantheon, was not spared for his support to the Press Act of 1910" — Chintamani's editorial integrity tested against even the most revered liberal figure
    • "Chintamani's response to Gokahle's protest at the criticism went: 'Sir, I have worshipped you all my life. Must you grudge my freedom even for one day?'" — their direct exchange encapsulating the tension between reverence and editorial independence
  • Dadabhai Naoroji: Social Reforms, Transnational Connections and Statistical Liberalism
    • "Gopal Krishna Gokhale's Servants of India society, Mahadev Govind Ranade's Deccan Sabha, and Poona Sarvajanik Sabha were some notable associations" — listing key liberal civil society associations created by the moderate generation
  • Freedom First's Resistance to Indira Gandhi's Emergency
    • "Masani argued that Gokhale's coincidental meeting with the leader of a Soviet Law delegation might have something to do with the proposed measure" — Masani's Cold War-tinged suspicion about Soviet influence on domestic law reform proposals
  • GG Agarkar : Modern Indian Liberal and Reformer
    • "moderate S N Banerjee, Dadabhai Naoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale" — listing Gokhale among the Maharashtra moderate liberals against whom Agarkar's radicalism stands out
  • GG Agarkar- Modern Indian Liberal and Reformer
    • "moderate S N Banerjee, Dadabhai Naoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale" — naming Gokhale among the moderate liberal backdrop to Agarkar's profile
  • Homi Mody’s Liberalism: From Pro-Business to Pro-Market
    • "Gokhale argued for the infant industry protection" — placing Mody's protectionism within the liberal nationalist economic tradition inaugurated by Gokhale
  • Hriday Nath Kunzru – The Liberal Institution Builder
    • "His illustrious career began with his request to join the Servants of India Society when Gopal Krishna Gokhale visited Allahabad in 1908" — Gokhale as the gateway through which Kunzru entered the liberal public sphere
    • "Gokhale sent him to the London School of Economics on the behest of Gandhi's friend Sheldon Pollack" — Gokhale's patronage enabling Kunzru's international education
  • Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and Its Liberal Affiliations
    • "The liberals- Gopal Krishan Gokhale and Mahadev Govind Ranade – left the Sabha to form Deccan Sabha in 1896." — marks Gokhale's principled exit from the Sabha alongside Ranade
  • The Radical Humanism of Jyotiba Phule
    • "The likes of Gokhale, Tilak, Chiplunkar, and Agarkar sought to reform and mobilise the native population to create a modern Indian society and polity." — situates Gokhale in Phule's reform milieu as a fellow but differently-oriented Punekar
  • V S Srinivasa Sastri: Diplomat, Politician, Liberal
    • "He was a Tamilian school teacher-turned-editor, who joined the liberal fold under the influence of a single pamphlet written by Gokhale." — identifies Gokhale as the formative intellectual influence on Sastri
    • "If we look for the noblest type of patriotism, that which impels to sacrifice of self and takes joy therein, what name can be placed beside his, save only that of Dadabhai [Naoroji]?" — Sastri's tribute to Gokhale's patriotism published in 1905

Excerpts (5)

  • Lokmanya Tilak : A Conservative Liberal?
    • "The ‘moderate’ leadership in the late 19th century included Gopal Krishna Gokhale, M.G Ranade, Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta" — names Gokhale as the central figure in the moderate liberal leadership
    • "Gokhale firmly believed that the ordinary citizens of the country must not become a part of the struggle against the imperial state" — defines Gokhale's elitist approach as the foil to Tilak's mass mobilisation strategy
  • Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism
    • "Its leaders were Dadabhai Naoroji, Ranade, Gokhale, Ram Mohan Roy, Surendra Nath Bannerjee, whose names you know." — lists Gokhale among the old liberal leaders Masani personally remembered
  • Rajkumari Amrit Kaur: Philanthropy and Politics
    • "introducing her to freedom fighters like Gopal Krishna Gokhale" — Gokhale identified as the political mentor who inspired Amrit Kaur's nationalism
  • Sharad Joshi on Liberalism in India
    • "In their writings, they trace the beginnings of liberalism to J.S. Mill and Adam Smith and of Indian liberalism to Dadabhai Naoroji, Gokhale, Raja Rammohan Roy, Narmad, Phule, Agarkar, et al." — named in the canonical roster of colonial-era Indian liberals
  • Nani Palkhivala: Education, Leadership, and Vision of Free India
    • "Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale- all of whom had the distinction of passing through the portals of this great University" — Palkhivala's eulogy to the liberal founding generation of Maharashtra