The Correct Answer is Gopal Hari Deshmukh. ● Gopal Hari Deshmukh was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, and writer from Maharashtra. ● His original surname was Shidhaye. ● Because of 'Vatan' that the family had received, the family was later called Deshmukh. ● Gopal Hari Deshmukh composed articles on social change in Maharashtra in the weekly paper Prabhakar using the pen name ‘Lokhitwadi’. Hence, he came to be known by that pen name.