The claim for ‘swarajya’ or self-government within the British Empire, on the model of self-governing colonies like Australia and Canada, was put forward from the Congress platform in 1905 by:
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Correct answer: D
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The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
The claim for ‘swarajya’ or self-government within the British Empire, on the model of self-governing colonies like Australia and Canada, was put forward from the Congress platform in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
During the Indian independence movement, he was a political leader and social reformer who also served as Mahatma Gandhi's political mentor.
He was a top leader in the Indian National Congress and the founder of the Servants of India Society.
Through the Society as well as the Congress and other legislative bodies he served in, Gokhale campaigned for Indian self-rule and for social reforms.
He was the leader of the Congress party's moderate wing, which favoured reforms through collaboration with existing government institutions, and a prominent member of the Poona Association or Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.