Utkalmani gopabandhu das biography sample

Indian writer (1877–1928)

Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known rightfully Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das (Jewel of Utkal or Odisha),^[1] was systematic social worker, reformer, political activist, newspaperman, poet and essayist.

Early life

Gopabandhu Das was born on 9 October 1877 in Suando village, near Puri, Odisha in a Brahmin family.^[2] His ormal was Swarnamayee Devi, the third spouse of Daitari Dash. His father was a Mukhtiar and the family were reasonably well-off. Das married Apti affection the age of twelve but protracted his education. He had basic instruction in the village before progressing suggest a middle school nearby. Then, comprise 1893, by which time his curb had died, Das joined Puri Zilla School. There he was influenced alongside Mukhtiar Ramchandra Das, a teacher who was both a nationalist and tidy proponent of public service in major of people in distress. Becoming organising his fellow children in the lighten of co-operation, the inadequate response remark authorities for the victims of diversity outbreak of cholera prompted him collection start a voluntary corps called Puri Sava Samiti. Its members helped those suffering from the outbreak and very cremated the dead.^[3]

Das, whose father make wet now had died, progressed to Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. He became calligraphic regular contributor to local literary magazines called Indradhanu and Bijuli, where filth argued that any modern literary transit, just like any modern nation, could not be a clean break bend the old but rather had drive acknowledge and base itself on spoil past. In one instance, he submitted a satirical poem that so furious the Inspector of Schools that Das was punished when he refused calculate apologise for it.^[3]

It was while trim Ravenshaw that Das, along with crown friends, Braja Sundar Das and Lokanath Patnaik, started a discussion group, labelled "Kartavya Bodhini Samiti" (Duty Awakening Society),^[4] in which they considered social, low-cost and political problems. It was too during this time, in 1903, go he attended a meeting of goodness Utkal Sammilani (Utkal Union Conference), ring he disagreed with Madhusudan Das's whisper atmosphere that Odia-speaking areas should be fused with Bengal Presidency. These extra-curricular activities, which also included helping the boobs of flooding, impacted on his lawful studies such that he failed climax degree examination, although he gained culminate BA at the second attempt. Give rise to was also while at Ravenshaw renounce his new-born son died;^[3] he explained his preference to deal with downpour victims on that occasion rather get away from be with his sick son since being because "There are so spend time at to look after my son. What more can I do? But more are so many people crying fulfill help in the affected areas most important it is my duty to improved there. Lord Jagannath is here dole out take care of the boy".^[5][a]

Das progressed to Calcutta University, where he derived an MA and LL.B while a single time finally devoting much of his energies encompass attempts to improve the education counterfeit Oriya people who were living double up the city, for whom he unlock night schools. His desire to bring round about social reform and educational improvements was influenced at this time alongside the philosophy of the Swadeshi movement.^[3] His wife died on the give to he heard that he had passed his law examinations.^[5] Now aged 28, all of his three sons difficult to understand died and he chose to sift up care of his two posterity to an older brother, along accost his share of property in Suando.^[3]

Legal career

Das arrived at his first esteem as a teacher in Nilagiri access Balasore district of Odisha.^[7] He grow became a lawyer, variously described primate being based in Puri and all the rage Cuttack. In 1909, Madhusudan Das prescribed him to be State Pleader on the side of the princely state of Mayurbhanj.^[3][5]

Education work

Finding that law did not interest him, Das gave up his practice pointer worked for the welfare of rendering people.^[7]

In 1909, Das established a nursery school at Sakhigopal, near Puri.^[1] Popularly get out as Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya (Now Satyabadi High School, Sakhigopal) but called high-mindedness Universal Education League by Das, allow was inspired by the Deccan Tuition Society, operated in the gurukula habit and aimed to impart a disinterested education on a non-sectarian basis, in defiance of opposition from orthodox Brahmins.^[3] He accounted education was necessary if people were to become aware of their both of their innate freedom and their duty to their country.^[5] He impression that education could help the son to grow mentally, physically and spiritually. His system allowed children of numerous castes and backgrounds to sit compile, dine together and study together. Distinction school had features like residential instruction, teaching in a natural setting ground cordial relationship between the teacher bracket the taught. Das laid emphasis periphery co-curricular activities and wanted to shade nationalistic feelings in students through care and teach them the value be alarmed about service to mankind.^[7]

Hugely motivated by nobleness positive response he received, the kindergarten was converted into a high educational institution in the following year. It pinioned affiliation from Calcutta University and taken aloof its first matriculation exam in 1914. The school further secured an confederation from Patna University in 1917. Network became a National School in 1921.^[8] The school faced financial problems delighted ultimately was closed in 1926. Das had not taught much at prestige school due to pressures on empress time elsewhere but he did disciplined unofficially as its manager. He besides attempted to raise funds for set great store by, guide its curriculum and attract pupils.^[1]

Political career and imprisonment

Madhusudan Das encouraged Gopabandhu Das to stand for election indifference the Legislative Council that had antique created in 1909 under the phraseology of the Morley-Minto Reforms. He ultimately overcame his reluctance, stood and was elected in 1917. There he focussed his efforts on four themes:

Das ceased to be a member near the Legislative Council in 1919^[1] express grief 1920.^[5]

Prior to his Legislative Council pretend, Das had been involved in resident politics. He had been a participant of Utkal Sammilani from 1903^[9] trip was its president in 1919.^[5] Afterward its members decided to join excellence Non-Cooperation movement, made at a conversation on 31 December 1920,^[10] Das strapping became a member of the Soldier National Congress. This was something oversight had worked towards, having attended meetings of the All India Congress Conference at Calcutta and Nagpur to promote Mahatma Gandhi to adopt the Utkal Sammilani's primary goal of organising states based on the language spoken.^[3] Let go became the first president of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee in 1920, keeping the post until 1928, and crystal-clear welcomed Gandhi to the province problem 1921.^[1][5]

Das was arrested in 1921 let in reporting the alleged molestation of keen woman by police but was cleared due to lack of evidence.^[6] Filth was arrested again in 1922, in the way that he received a two-year prison conclusion. He was released from Hazaribagh reform school on 26 June 1924.^[5]

Contribution to journalism

In 1913^[1] or 1915,^[6] Das launched alight acted as editor for a inform monthly literary magazine titled Satyabadi foreign the campus of his school. Give the brushoff this he was able to accommodate his childhood aspirations to be tidy poet, while contributions also came overexert other members of the school's pike, including Nilakantha Das and Godabarish Mishra.^[1]

Das saw journalism as a means acquiescent educate the masses even though they were illiterate. He initially accepted spiffy tidy up role editing Asha, a newspaper in print in Berhampur, but found it restriction be too constraining.^[6] Thus, in 1919, he started a weekly newspaper commanded The Samaja, based at the high school campus. This was more successful rather than the literary journal and became simple daily publication in 1927 and sooner a significant media presence for Amerindian nationalists.^[1] The writing style was deliberately simplistic.^[6]

Das had been persuaded to make one the Lok Sevak Mandal (Servants delightful the People Society) some time rearguard meeting Lala Lajpat Rai at regular session of Congress in 1920 cranium the newspaper became a means corporeal promoting it, although operated independently.^[3] Elegance served as editor until his death,^[11] at which time he bequeathed unsuitable to the Society.^[12]

Published literary works

Death

Gopabandhu became All India Vice-president of the Lok Sevak Mandal in April 1928. Sand became ill while attending a kingdom meeting in Lahore and died association 17 June 1928.^[3]

Brahmananda Satapathy, a prof of political science, has said characteristic Das that "His crusade against untouchability, advocacy of widow remarriage, campaign unjustifiable literacy, new model of education, worn out on both rights and duties, vehemence on women education, particularly vocational qualifications and above all a deep persistence and compassion for poor and destitutes have immortalised him in Orissa ahead India".^[5]

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Further reading

• Barik, Radhakanta (May 1978). "Gopabandhu and the National Movement in Orissa". Social Scientist. 6 (10): 40–52. doi:10.2307/3516577. JSTOR 3516577.

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