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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

One of the pioneers of social reforms in British India, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856-1895) was born at Tembhu in Satara district of Maharashtra. He was one of the founders of the Deccan Education Society in 1884, with Lokmanya Tilak, Vishnushastri Chipalunkar and Madhavrao Namjoshi being the other members. Agarkar was also one of the founder members of the Fergusson College in Pune in 1885. In 1891 he became the Principal of the Fergusson College in 1892 and held that office till his unexpected death in 1895.

Agarkar was the first editor of Marathi weekly the Kesari and English weekly the Mahratta started by Lokmanya Tilak. Following his differences with Tilak, he started his own weekly the Sudharak In 1888. Gopal Krishna Gokhale used to contribute to this weekly.

Throughout his life, Agarkar fought to raise the age of marriage for boys and girls.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 16, 2019 at 11:25 PM

    Nice person, so sad died so early. 😭

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    1. AGARKARFebruary 5, 2020 at 10:25 AM

      HE WAS MY GRANDFATHERS GRANDFATHER I M HAPPY FOR THE WORK HE DID

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  2. UnknownFebruary 16, 2019 at 11:26 PM

    Nice person, so sad ,died so early 😭

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  3. School Education September 6, 2019 at 5:14 AM

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  4. UnknownOctober 5, 2019 at 5:50 AM

    Agarkar initially worked with tilak as author of kesari and maratha but later he walked off and started his own sudharak. it is true that agarkar was Rational and upholded equality justice peace so question arises was tilak against these
    Was tilak Irrational?

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  5. UnknownDecember 3, 2019 at 8:05 PM

    Nice

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