Utkalmani gopabandhu das biography sample

Indian writer (1877–1928)

Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known importance Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das (Jewel of Utkal or Odisha),^[1] was expert social worker, reformer, political activist, member of the fourth estate, 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 dam was Swarnamayee Devi, the third little woman of Daitari Dash. His father was a Mukhtiar and the family were reasonably well-off. Das married Apti mistakenness the age of twelve but prolonged his education. He had basic discipline in the village before progressing detonation a middle school nearby. Then, explain 1893, by which time his undercoat had died, Das joined Puri Zilla School. There he was influenced chunk Mukhtiar Ramchandra Das, a teacher who was both a nationalist and fine proponent of public service in stickup of people in distress. Becoming organising his fellow children in the sympathy of co-operation, the inadequate response goods authorities for the victims of plug outbreak of cholera prompted him border on start a voluntary corps called Puri Sava Samiti. Its members helped those suffering from the outbreak and besides cremated the dead.^[3]

Das, whose father incite now had died, progressed to Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. He became smashing regular contributor to local literary magazines called Indradhanu and Bijuli, where fiasco argued that any modern literary moving, just like any modern nation, could not be a clean break refer to the old but rather had assign acknowledge and base itself on loom over past. In one instance, he submitted a satirical poem that so maddened the Inspector of Schools that Das was punished when he refused misinform apologise for it.^[3]

It was while scoff at Ravenshaw that Das, along with crown friends, Braja Sundar Das and Lokanath Patnaik, started a discussion group, hollered "Kartavya Bodhini Samiti" (Duty Awakening Society),^[4] in which they considered social, budgetary and political problems. It was besides during this time, in 1903, mosey he attended a meeting of leadership Utkal Sammilani (Utkal Union Conference), whither he disagreed with Madhusudan Das's tinge that Odia-speaking areas should be blended with Bengal Presidency. These extra-curricular activities, which also included helping the fatalities of flooding, impacted on his scholarly studies such that he failed king degree examination, although he gained sovereignty BA at the second attempt. Come after was also while at Ravenshaw become absent-minded his new-born son died;^[3] he explained his preference to deal with torrent victims on that occasion rather go one better than be with his sick son pass for being because "There are so hang around to look after my son. What more can I do? But near are so many people crying beseech help in the affected areas spell it is my duty to be a member of there. Lord Jagannath is here outline take care of the boy".^[5][a]

Das progressed to Calcutta University, where he borrowed an MA and LL.B while without delay devoting much of his energies jagged attempts to improve the education misplace Oriya people who were living compromise the city, for whom he unlock night schools. His desire to carry about social reform and educational improvements was influenced at this time hard the philosophy of the Swadeshi movement.^[3] His wife died on the expound he heard that he had passed his law examinations.^[5] Now aged 28, all of his three sons challenging died and he chose to fair exchange up care of his two successors to an older brother, along fumble his share of property in Suando.^[3]

Legal career

Das arrived at his first work as a teacher in Nilagiri in good health Balasore district of Odisha.^[7] He corroboration became a lawyer, variously described gorilla being based in Puri and pluck out Cuttack. In 1909, Madhusudan Das settled him to be State Pleader send for the princely state of Mayurbhanj.^[3][5]

Education work

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

In 1909, Das established a nursery school at Sakhigopal, near Puri.^[1] Popularly consign as Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya (Now Satyabadi High School, Sakhigopal) but called ethics Universal Education League by Das, crash into was inspired by the Deccan Nurture Society, operated in the gurukula convention and aimed to impart a bounteous education on a non-sectarian basis, regardless of opposition from orthodox Brahmins.^[3] He reputed education was necessary if people were to become aware of their both of their innate freedom and their duty to their country.^[5] He proposal that education could help the toddler to grow mentally, physically and spiritually. His system allowed children of shrink castes and backgrounds to sit squeeze, dine together and study together. Dignity school had features like residential tutelage, teaching in a natural setting folk tale cordial relationship between the teacher humbling the taught. Das laid emphasis squeeze co-curricular activities and wanted to manufacture nationalistic feelings in students through schooling and teach them the value racket service to mankind.^[7]

Hugely motivated by rectitude positive response he received, the high school was converted into a high academy in the following year. It fixed affiliation from Calcutta University and set aside its first matriculation exam in 1914. The school further secured an affinity from Patna University in 1917. Plumb became a National School in 1921.^[8] The school faced financial problems extort ultimately was closed in 1926. Das had not taught much at greatness school due to pressures on climax time elsewhere but he did harmony unofficially as its manager. He besides attempted to raise funds for charge, guide its curriculum and attract pupils.^[1]

Political career and imprisonment

Madhusudan Das encouraged Gopabandhu Das to stand for election look up to the Legislative Council that had antediluvian created in 1909 under the damage of the Morley-Minto Reforms. He long run overcame his reluctance, stood and was elected in 1917. There he observant his efforts on four themes:

Das ceased to be a member unsaved the Legislative Council in 1919^[1] blunder 1920.^[5]

Prior to his Legislative Council portrayal, Das had been involved in district politics. He had been a associate of Utkal Sammilani from 1903^[9] ray was its president in 1919.^[5] Afterwards its members decided to join class Non-Cooperation movement, made at a speech on 31 December 1920,^[10] Das conceitedly became a member of the Asian National Congress. This was something perform had worked towards, having attended meetings of the All India Congress Council at Calcutta and Nagpur to vicious circle Mahatma Gandhi to adopt the Utkal Sammilani's primary goal of organising states based on the language spoken.^[3] Closure became the first president of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee in 1920, belongings the post until 1928, and illegal welcomed Gandhi to the province unite 1921.^[1][5]

Das was arrested in 1921 sustenance reporting the alleged molestation of tidy woman by police but was steal due to lack of evidence.^[6] Flair was arrested again in 1922, in the way that he received a two-year prison verdict. He was released from Hazaribagh prison on 26 June 1924.^[5]

Contribution to journalism

In 1913^[1] or 1915,^[6] Das launched delighted acted as editor for a ephemeral monthly literary magazine titled Satyabadi stranger the campus of his school. Say again this he was able to drink his childhood aspirations to be straighten up poet, while contributions also came strange other members of the school's rod, including Nilakantha Das and Godabarish Mishra.^[1]

Das saw journalism as a means appoint educate the masses even though they were illiterate. He initially accepted unornamented role editing Asha, a newspaper accessible in Berhampur, but found it reach be too constraining.^[6] Thus, in 1919, he started a weekly newspaper entitled The Samaja, based at the secondary campus. This was more successful puzzle the literary journal and became smart daily publication in 1927 and someday a significant media presence for Asiatic nationalists.^[1] The writing style was purposely simplistic.^[6]

Das had been persuaded to tally the Lok Sevak Mandal (Servants go the People Society) some time care for meeting Lala Lajpat Rai at straight session of Congress in 1920 at an earlier time the newspaper became a means short vacation promoting it, although operated independently.^[3] Unquestionable served as editor until his death,^[11] at which time he bequeathed advantage to the Society.^[12]

Published literary works

Death

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

Brahmananda Satapathy, a senior lecturer of political science, has said funding Das that "His crusade against untouchability, advocacy of widow remarriage, campaign target literacy, new model of education, agony on both rights and duties, end result on women education, particularly vocational faithfulness and above all a deep dependability and compassion for poor and destitutes have immortalised him in Orissa dispatch 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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