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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Gapal Ganesh Agarkar Indian Freedom Fighter

GOPAL GANESH AGARKAR (1856- 1895):
            A Chitpavan Brahmin from Maharastra, he was a journalist, social reformer and a great nationalist. He was the editor of the Maharatta and the Kesari. In 1888, he launched his own weekly Sudharak to popularise his ideas of social reform. He denounced caste and untouchability and battled to increase the minimum marriageable age of boys and girls. He worked with Tilak, M.G.Ranade and other social reformers of the period.
Gapal Ganesh Agarkar Indian Freedom Fighter




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