Question

Which reformer of Maharashtra is also known as ‘Lokahitvadi’?

• A. M.G. Ranade
• B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• C. Pandit Ramabai
• D. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

• Gopal Hari Deshmukh (1823–1892) was a social reformer and intellectual thinker from Maharashtra, India.

• He was born in Pune. His original surname was Shidhaye.

• At the age of 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly ’Prabhakar’ under the name ’Lokahitvadi.’

• In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as ’Lokahitawadinchi Shatapatre.’

• He became the member of Council of Governor General in 1880.

• He appeared in the court of Delhi wearing hand-woven Khadi clothes, as a supporter of the National self-reliance.