Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on 9 May 1866 at Katulk in Ratnagiri district, according to the Indian National Congress. Another source gives Kolhapur as his birthplace.

After graduating, he became a life member of the Deccan Education Society in Poona. He lectured at Fergusson College when it opened in 1885 and retired from teaching in 1902 to devote himself to public life.

Gokhale joined the Indian National Congress in 1889. He was honorary secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha in Poona in 1890 and secretary of the Bombay Provincial Conference in 1893. In 1895 he became joint secretary of the Indian National Congress, working alongside Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

In 1902 he was elected to represent the non-official members of the Viceregal Legislature, which is also known as the Imperial Legislative Council. His speeches on the annual budgets from 1902 to 1908 are recorded in the Congress biography. In 1905 he presided over the Congress session at Benares.

In 1905 Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society. In 1908 he founded the Ranade Institute of Economics.

Gokhale died in Poona (now Pune) on 19 February 1915, at the age of 48. The Indian National Congress tribute records the date of death.