Servants of India Society was founded by

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WBCS Prelims 2016 Official Paper

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The correct answer is G. K. Gokhale.

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale established the Servants of India Society in 1905 for the expansion of Indian education.
In the field of famine relief, union organization, cooperatives, and uplift of tribals and depressed, the Society did commendable work.
Society worked in the fields of promotion of education, removal of untouchability, promotion of sanitation and healthcare, etc.
From 1911, it also published its newsletter titled “Hitavada” in English from Nagpur.
The society still exists and has its headquarters in Pune.

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M. G. Ranade	He was a social reformer and one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the founders of the Widow Marriage Association in 1861. He founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha which was a socio-political body and later was one of the originators of the Indian National Congress.
B. G. Tilak	Freedom fighter and lawyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is also known as Lokmanya Tilak. He is the founder of the Deccan Education Society (1884) along with his associate Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others. Famous Slogan: “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!” Along with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, he was part of the Lal-Bal-Pal trio of leaders with extremist outlooks. All India Home Rule League was founded by Tilak in April 1916 at Belgaum. Lucknow Pact (1916) between the INC headed by Tilak and All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah for Hindu-Muslim unity in the nationalist struggle.
V. D. Savarkar	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is also known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar. Vinayak Savarkar wrote a book titled ‘The History of the War of Indian Independence’ in which he wrote about the guerilla warfare tricks used in the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. In 1904, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar had organized the Abhinava Bharat, a secret society of revolutionaries.