‘Servants of Indian Society’ was founded by -

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On June 12, 1905, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a former member of the Deccan Education Society, founded the Servants of India Society in Pune, Maharashtra. Along with him was a small number of intellectual Indians, like Anant Patwardhan, Gopal Krishna Deodhar, Natesh Appaji Dravid, and Surendra Nath Banerjee, who aspired to facilitate social and colonial development in India and overturn British control. The Society ran several initiatives to encourage literacy, cleanliness, and medical services, as well as to combat the social problems of untouchability and prejudice, drinking, unemployment, women's oppression, and domestic abuse protection. In 1911, The Hitavada, the Society's English-language organ, began publishing in Nagpur.

Its leaders and members were famous Indians. It elected not to participate in political initiatives or parties like the Indian National Congress. After Gokhale's assassination in 1915, and the ascent of Mahatma Gandhi as president of the Congress in the 1920s, the Society's base decreased. Gandhi began massive social reform initiatives across the country, attracting young Indians to the cause. It does, however, keep operating, albeit with a limited membership. Its headquarters are in Pune, Maharashtra. It has offices in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Uttarakhand, among other states. It has a local branch in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

In Uttar Pradesh, it operates basic schools, residential dormitories for tribal males, ashram-style schools for tribal women, creche facilities, and so on. Shri Atma Nand Mishra is the person in charge of the U.P. branch's programs. Shri Atma Nand Mishra is also the former Chairman of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, as well as the ex-President of the Servants of India Society. Shri Mishra spent over 45 years of his existence as a case manager helping the poor, weak, and needy. Shri Mishra was instrumental in overcoming many of society's previous challenges, and he continues to participate actively.

Shri P.K Dwivedi, a senior member and past president of the Servants of India Society, is in charge of the society's operations in Uttarakhand. The Society in the region runs primary schools, ashram-style schools for females, a buxa boys dormitory for tribal boys, a secondary school, a senior secondary school, creche centers, and other facilities. Its headquarters in Uttarakhand is at Bazpur, in the Udham Singh Nagar District. Cuttak, Choudwar, and Rayagada are the three centers of Odisha. In Odisha, it manages an orphanage.