{"id":137524,"date":"2023-06-02T10:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=137524"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:39:48","slug":"who-has-been-referred-to-as-lokhitwadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/who-has-been-referred-to-as-lokhitwadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has been referred to as \u2018Lokhitwadi\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. Who has been referred to as \u2018Lokhitwadi\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) Motilal Nehru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Lala Lajpat Rai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans: (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gopal Hari Deshmukh, also known as Lokhitwadi, was an important figure in the social and political history of Maharashtra, India. He was a social reformer, journalist, and writer who played a crucial role in promoting social welfare and advocating for the rights and well-being of the common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deshmukh actively worked towards the upliftment of the lower castes and fought against social injustices prevailing during his time. He emphasized the importance of education, women&#8217;s rights, and the eradication of untouchability. Deshmukh&#8217;s efforts and writings aimed to bring about social reforms and improve the conditions of the marginalized sections of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nickname &#8220;Lokhitwadi&#8221; reflects his commitment to the welfare of the people (lokhit means public welfare or benefit). Deshmukh&#8217;s work and ideas continue to inspire generations and have had a lasting impact on Maharashtra&#8217;s social and political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Who has been referred to as \u2018Lokhitwadi\u2019? (a) Motilal Nehru (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (d) Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar Ans: (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh. Gopal Hari Deshmukh, also known as Lokhitwadi, was an important figure in the social and political history of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":137525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"class_list":["post-137524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137526,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137524\/revisions\/137526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}