{"id":50371,"date":"2025-06-15T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50371"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:47:03","slug":"servants-of-india-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/servants-of-india-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Servants of India Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Servants of India Society Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tensions between the Pune-based Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and parent Servants of India Society (SIS) have flared again, with both trading allegations over control of a key bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Servants of India Society<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Servants of India Society (SIS) was <\/span><b>founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with <\/span><b>G.K. Devadhar, A.V. Patwardhan, and N.A. Dravid, in Pune, Maharashtra, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on June 12, <\/span><b>1905.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Gokhale, the society&#8217;s objectives were to <\/span><b>train individuals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who were willing to devote their lives <\/span><b>to the country&#8217;s cause in a religious spirit, for political education and agitation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to<\/span><b> promote the national interest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Indian people t<\/span><b>hrough constitutional means.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The members of the society were considered as young missionaries of Indian nationalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several young Indian nationalists, including <\/span><b>V.S. Sreenivasa Sasthri, Hriday Nath Kunzru, and A.V. Thakkar, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enrolled as a <\/span><b>members of the SIS.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members go through a<\/span><b> five-year training period <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>agree to serve on extremely modest salaries.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1915 <\/span><b>Gokhale <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><b>succeeded as president by Srinivasa Sastri (1869\u20131946).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization has its <\/span><b>headquarters in Pune (Poona) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and branches in Chennai (Madras), Mumbai (Bombay), Allahabad, Nagpur, and other locales.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the number of members has dwindled over time, the society has been influential in its demonstration of the ideals of social service.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/gokhale-institute-sis-now-lock-horns-over-cash-control\/articleshow\/121814097.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Servants of India Society, founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale on June 12, 1905, aimed to promote social reform and train dedicated public workers in India. 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