Servants of India Society

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The Servants of India Society was formed in

social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and for protection of women from domestic abuse. The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur
commenced in 1911.

Statue of Gopal Krishna Devadhar at Devadhar Government Higher Secondary School Campus, Near Tanur, Kerala

Prominent Indians were its members and leaders. It chose to remain away from political activities and organizations like the Indian National Congress.

The base of the Society shrank after Gokhale's death in 1915, and in the 1920s with the rise of

Allahabad, U.P.

In Odisha, it has its centres at

It runs an orphanage in Odisha.

Notes

  1. Indian Express. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2009.[dead link
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  2. ^ "India Together: Profile of Servants of India Society - October 2002". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018.