Servants of India Society

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale,[1] 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, Surendra Nath Banerjee, 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 woman and protection of women by domestic abuse. The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur commenced in 1911.

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 Mahatma Gandhi as president of the Congress, who launched social reform campaigns on a mass scale throughout the nation and attracted young Indians to the cause. However, it still continues its activities albeit with a small membership. It has its H.Q. in the city of Pune, Maharashtra. It has its branches in various other states like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand. It has its branch office at Allahabad, U.P..

It runs primary schools, residential hostels for tribal boys, ashram-type schools for tribal girls, creche centers, etc. in Uttar Pradesh. Shri Atma Nand Mishra is the member taking care of all the schemes under the U.P branch. Shri Atma Nand Mishra is also the ex-President of the Servants of India Society and the former Chairman of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Shri Mishra devoted his almost 45 years of life as a social worker in the service of poor, weak, and struggling people. Shri Mishra helped to overcome from many of challenging issue which society faced earlier and still contributing actively.

In Uttarakhand, the affairs of the Servants of India Society are managed by Shri P.K Dwivedi, who is a senior member and former president of the society. Primary schools, ashram-type schools for girls, buxa boys hostel for tribal boys, a secondary school, a senior secondary school, creche centers, etc. is run by the Society in the area. In Uttarakhand, its central office is in the town of Bazpur, in the Udham Singh Nagar District.

In Odisha, it has its centres at Cuttak, Choudwar and Rayagada.[2] It runs an orphanage in Odisha.

Notes[edit]

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