2023 · Q57
Who among the following was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?
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- AKeshub Chandra Sen
- BGopal Hari Deshmukh
- CM.G. Ranade
- DGopal Ganesh Agarkar
Explanation
Lokhitwadi, meaning well-wisher of the people, was the pen-name of Gopal Hari Deshmukh (1823-1892), the Maharashtrian social reformer famous for his Shatapatre letters advocating social reform. Keshub Chandra Sen led the Brahmo Samaj, M. G. Ranade was a moderate reformer of a different circle, and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was an educationist and rationalist. Hence Gopal Hari Deshmukh was known as Lokhitwadi.