Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar गोपाळ गणेश आगरकर
Born	(1856-07-14)14 July 1856 Tembhu, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	17 June 1895(1895-06-17) (aged 38) Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Nationality	British India
Education	Deccan College (B.A.), (M.A.)
Occupation(s)	Educationalist, writer, editor, social reformer
Known for	Founder of the Deccan Education Society
Spouse	Yashodabai Agarkar

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) (pronunciation^ⓘ) was a social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Bombay Presidency, British India.

At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he co-founded educational institutes such as the New English School, the Deccan Education Society and Fergusson College along with Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, Vaman Shivram Apte, V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap.^{[citation needed]} 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.

A locality in Andheri, Mumbai is named after him as Agarkar Chowk.