# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gopal-ganesh-agarkar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:39:11.599Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gopal-ganesh-agarkar"
name: "Gopal Ganesh Agarkar"
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description: "Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was a social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Bombay Presidency, British India. He co-founded educational institutes such as the New English School, the Deccan Education Society and Fergusson College along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, Vaman Shivram Apte, V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap. He was the first editor of the weekly Kesari newspaper and founder and editor of a periodical, Sudharak. He was the second principal of Fergusson College, serving in that post from August 1895 until his death."
tagline: "Social reformer, educationist, thinker from Maharashtra, India during the British rule (1856-1895)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1856-07-14"
deathDate: "1895-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump