As a Hindu apologist, he wrote the Sanskrit-language text Śāstra-tattva-vinirṇaya and a Hindi-language synopsis of it, defending Hinduism against Christian missionaries.
Nilakantha Gore (or Goreh) was born in a Marathi-speaking Chitpavan Brahmin family in 1825, in the Kashipura village of Deccan region.
[2] Goreh's family did not let him attend the Benares Sanskrit College, concerned that the European learning there would make him lose respect for the Hindu shastras.
In a letter to Monier Monier-Williams, he states that he did so because the "more venerable and more ancient authorities of the Hindu religion" (such as the Adi Shankara) were Vishnu worshippers.
[4] Goreh was a devout Hindu, and the public preaching by Christian missionaries in Benares and their apparent success greatly outraged and distressed him.
The next day, Goreh wrote a Hindi-language letter to Smith, detailing his objections to the Christian doctrine, specifically the one dealing with the problem of evil.
[6] Goreh also wrote a Hindi-language text titled Doubts Concerning Christianity, a synopsis of arguments elaborated in the Śāstra-tattva-vinirṇaya.
[9] Goreh became involved in missionary activities such as preaching to Hindus, writing texts on Christianity for them, and lecturing to fellow Brahmins and members of the Brahmo Samaj.
[2] As Nilakantha Gore: As Neremiah Goreh, after conversion to Christianity: Extracts of his writings were published in the Indian Church Quarterly Review.