In 1866 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, an Indian social reformer and pioneer of the Indian Independence Movement, was born in Kotluk, Ratnagiri District, Bombay, India.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on May 9, 1866, in the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency to an impoverished but ostensibly respectable Chitapavan Brahmin family. He graduated from Elphinstone College with a bachelor's degree at the age of 18 and joined the prestigious Deccan Education Society. At the age of 22, Gokhale was appointed secretary of the illustrious Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay's main political organisation. He also taught at Fergusson College and served as secretary of the Deccan Education Society in 1891. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a nationalist leader in India. He was the President of the Indian National Congress, as well as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and the founder of the Servants of India Society.
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