44ᵗʰ B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000

Which one of the following was not an extremist?

aBal Gangadhar Tilak
bMadan Lal
cUdham Singh
dG.K. Gokhale✓ Correct

Explanation

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was associated with the Liberal (Moderate) camp. He believed in equanimity and a gentle sense of justice. He had complete faith that the nation’s regeneration could not take place amid storms of agitation. He believed in the purity of both means and ends. Influenced by these ideas, Gandhiji became his disciple. He entered politics from the platform of the Bombay Congress session of 1889. In 1897, he and Dinshaw Wacha were asked to give evidence before the Welby Commission appointed to examine Indian expenditure. In 1899, he was elected to the Bombay Legislative Council and later to the Imperial Legislative Council.

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