India
PM calls Gokhale 'a remarkable freedom fighter and social reformer'.
Updated : May 09, 2015, 09:21 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who paid tributes to Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary today, said that the latter was a remarkable freedom fighter and social reformer.
"Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great personality; a remarkable freedom fighter and social reformer. Tributes to him on his birth anniversary," he said.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great personality; a remarkable freedom fighter & social reformer. Tributes to him on his birth anniversary.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 9, 2015
Gokhale, who was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society, is described as one of the founding leaders of India's independence movement.