Servants of India society

 In 1905 Gokhale established the servants of Indian society .Its constitution is a document of Gokhale's is faith. 

  1. For some time past,  the convictions has been foreing itself on many Ernest and thoughtful Minds that a state has been reached in the work of nation- building in India,  when for further progress, the devoted labours of the specially trained agency, applying itself to the task in a true missionary spirit are required. 
  2. The fact that we are Indians first and Hindus, Mohammedans, Parses or Christians afterwards,  is being realised in a stidily increasing manner,  and the idea of United and renovoted India,  marching onwords to a place among the nations of the worldswo  worthy  of her great past is no longer a mere ideal dream of few imaginative minds, but it is the definitely accepted Creed of those who form the brain of the community- the educated classes of the country.
  3. Public life must be spirituialisd. Love of country must so fill the heart that all else well appears as of little Moment by its side.  A fervent Patriotism  which rejoices at every opportunity of sacrifice for the motherland,  a dauntless heart which refuses to be turned back from its object by difficulty or  danger,  a deep faith in purpose of providience which nothing can shake and equipped with these,  the worker must start on his mission and reverently seek the joy which comes of spending onleself in the service of one's country

The goal of India, he declared was 'Self-Government within the empire'  and higher life generally for the countrymen.  He accepted that the British rule in India was ordained in the in scriptable dispensation of providence for India's good.  The society Will Seek to promote  by all constitutional means the national interests of the Indian people.

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