--- title: "Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?" description: "Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?" author: "Reyansh Singh" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39543/who-leader-unsuccessfully-introduced-a-bill-in-the-imperial-legislative-council-to-make-compulsory-primary-education-for-children-of-6-10-years-in-the-british-era category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era? Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial [legislative Council](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38059/the-legislative-council-in-a-state-may-be-created-or-abolished-by-the) to make compulsory [primary](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/213/keys-in-database) [education](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85754/investing-in-higher-education) for [children](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299938/sleep-and-children) of 6-10 years in the [British Era](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44954/which-punjabi-poet-of-british-era-in-india-wrote-vagade-pani)? ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7b89b945-4236-49ca-bcd7-4495a07d0a33/images/d49e6b4f-7baa-4782-81da-aae815256c64.jpeg) **Gopal Krishna Gokhale** unsuccessfully introduced a **Bill** in the **Imperial Legislative Council** to make primary education compulsory for children aged between **6** to **10** years in the British Era. ![Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7b89b945-4236-49ca-bcd7-4495a07d0a33/images/342e320d-3f18-42f2-beda-568488f6f851.jpeg) Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on **9th May 1866** in **Kotluk** **village of** **Guhagar taluka, Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Maharashtra)** in a Brahmin family. Gopal Krishna Gokhale studied at the **Rajaram College** in **Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India**. In the year **1884**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale graduated from **Elphinstone College (affiliated to the University of Mumbai)**. ![Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7b89b945-4236-49ca-bcd7-4495a07d0a33/images/081772ae-859a-48bd-8acc-b61042b428c2.jpeg) Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a **professor** by profession and was one of the political leaders and social reformer during the **Indian freedom struggle** against the British rule. In the year **1889**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale joined the **Indian National Congress**. Unlike other members of the Indian National Congress, **Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai** and **Bal Gangadhar Tilak**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the supporter of the moderate view. In fact, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the **leader** of the moderates in Indian National Congress and stressed on the idea of working with the existing government authorities. However the trio of the Indian National Congress known by the nickname ‘**Lal (Lala Lajpat Rai) – Bal (Bal Gangadhar Tilak) – Pal (Bipin Chandra Pal)**’ did not agree with this attitude. It was because of this moderate attitude and the **Swadeshi movement** of **1905- 1907** that resulted in the split of Indian National Congress into **Moderates** and **Extremists**. ![Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7b89b945-4236-49ca-bcd7-4495a07d0a33/images/6696c9dd-71dc-48a2-b159-0006786f96a4.jpeg) In the year **1905**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was elected as the **president** of the Indian National Congress. In the same year on **12th June**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the **Servants of India Society** in **Pune, Maharashtra**. The society was formed with an aim to promote social and human development and to overthrow the British rule in India. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was elected to the **Bombay Legislative Council** in **1899**. On **20th December 1901**, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was elected to the **Imperial Council of the Governor-General of India**. Gopal Krishna Gokhale died at the age of **48** on **15th February 1915** in **Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra)**. ![Who leader unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7b89b945-4236-49ca-bcd7-4495a07d0a33/images/f7554e45-033c-4c80-b143-de3ce067ab75.jpeg)\ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39543/who-leader-unsuccessfully-introduced-a-bill-in-the-imperial-legislative-council-to-make-compulsory-primary-education-for-children-of-6-10-years-in-the-british-era Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.