explain the political views of gopal krishna gokhale in Indian political politics.(15marks )I need 20sentences
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on 9 May 1866 in Kotluk village of Guhagar taluka in Ratnagiri district, in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency). Despite being relatively poor, his family members ensured that Gokhale received an English education, which would place Gokhale in a position to obtain employment as a clerk or minor official in the British Raj. He studied in Rajaram College in Kolhapur. Being one of the first generations of Indians to receive a university education, Gokhale graduated from Elphinstone College in 1884. He had a great influence of the social works of Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade on his life. He was named as the ‛Protege Son’ i.e Manas Putra of Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade. Gokhale's education tremendously influenced the course of his future career – in addition to learning English, he was exposed to Western political thought and became a great admirer of theorists such as John Stuart Mill and Edmund Burke.[1][3][4]
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire. Gokhale’s political thought revolves more around the socio-political issues of his time. Like most of the liberal Indian thinkers of his time Gokhale appreciated and welcomed the British rule in India.: Gokhale was essentially a liberal thinker. Gokhale preferred constitutional methods for attaining the goal of self government. Gokhale strongly favoured the idea of strengthening local self government institutions. Gokhale gave more importance to national unity and considered it as the first pre-requisite for the growth and development of Indian nationalism. He also stood for the principle of racial equality and expressed strong resentment against the policy of racial discrimination being pursued by the English. He was interested in building a state based on western ideas. He thus laid emphasis on the principles of individual liberty and social equality. Gokhale supported the Swadeshi movement. Like Gandhi, Gokhale also believed in the primacy of means: In present days, we see the relevance of Gokhale’s political ideas. In this paper an attempt will be made to explain the political ideas of Gokhale.