Gopabandhu das biography definition
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Gopabandhu Das
Indian writer (–)
Gopabandhu Das | |
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| Born | ()9 October Suando, Puri district, Orissa, British India |
| Died | 17 June () (aged&#;50), |
| Occupation | Poet, philosopher, social activist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma&#;mater | Puri Zilla School, Ravenshaw College, Calcutta University |
| Period | 20th century |
| Notable works | Bandira Atma Katha, Dharmapada |
Gopabandhu Das (–), popularly known as Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das (Jewel of Utkal or Odisha),[1] was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist.
Early life
[edit]Gopabandhu Das was born on 9 October in Suando village, near Puri, Odisha in a Brahmin family.[2] His mother was Swarnamayee Devi, the third wife of Daitari Dash. His father was a Mukhtiar and the family were reasonably well-off. Das married Apti at the age of twelve but continued his education. He had basic schooling in the village before progressing to a middle school n
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Gopabandhu Choudhuri
Indian activist, social worker and freedom fighter (–)
Gopabandhu Choudhuri (also spelled Gopabandhu Choudhury; 8 May – 29 April ) was an Indian activist, social worker and freedom fighter. He participated in the Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience movement.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gopabandhu Choudhuri was born to Gokulananda Choudhuri at the village of Kherasa, Jagatsinghpur. He belonged to an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family.[2] His father was an eminent advocate.[3] His younger brother was Nabakrushna Choudhury who was Chief minister of Orissa.
He graduated from Presidency College with B.A. in mathematics in the year He got his master's degree from the same college in . In he got his preliminary law grad from the Calcutta University .[4] After his education he joined the British Government as a deputy magistrate.
Gopabandhu married Rama Devi, niece of Madhusudan Das on [5]
Indian Fre
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Sambeet Dash
On his nd birthday,Sambeet Dash pays tribute to the free thinker and beacon of the future.
Today is the birthday of Gopabandhu, the Odia Patriot, freedom fighter, social worker and reformer. He is fondly referred by the masses as UTKALAMANI or &#;The Jewel of Odisha&#;, a title well earned. Arguably, he was one of the first modern thinkers of Odisha.
Gopabandhu Das was born on 9, October , in the village of SUANDO in the district of Puri, a walkable distance from my ancestral village. From his early childhood, he was sharp in academics and went to Puri to do further higher studies, like most from the villages from that area.
Higher education enlightened him. He fought against a couple of scourges of the time, the diseases of Casteism and Cholera, one social and the other one real. Though a Brahmin he reportedly changed his last name to &#;Das&#; from &#;Dash&#; to protest against the rigid casteism prevalent at the time. He was in favor of woman empowerment,