Servants of India Society
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The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association. Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India. The Society organized many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse.
Prominent Indians were its members and leaders. It chose to remain away from political activities and national organizations like the Indian National Congress.
The base of the Society shrunk in the 1920s with Gokhale's death and the rise of Mahatma Gandhi's Congress, which launched social reform campaigns on a mass scale throughout the nation and attracted most young Indians. However, it still continues its activities albeit with a small membership. It is based in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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