Utkalmani gopabandhu das biography of christopher brown

Introduction Gopabandhu das was freedom fighter, educationist, poet and a social reformer. He championed for the cause of statehood of Orissa now Odisha and fought to bring the Oriya speaking people in the Madras, Bengal and Bihar states into one fold to secure their rights and privileges.

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His Oratory skills, excellent clarity of thought and concern for the poor made him to lead the people of Orissa during Freedom struggle who honoured him with the title "Utkalmani" the jewel of Orissa. Early life Born on 9th October in a small village called Suando near Puri, situated on the bank of river Bhargavi, Gopabandhu Das belongs to an orthodox Brahmin community.

His parents were Daitari Das and Swarnamayee Devi. His father, a Mukhtiar Village Headman by profession brought him up. He completed his schooling in his native village and studied his higher secondary education at Puri.

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As child marriages were prevalent those days, he married a young girl Apti at his age of Even then, his education was not hampered. He was graduated from the famous Ravensha College, Cuttack and obtained his B. A degree in Later he shifted to Calcutta to study M. A and Law and got both the degrees from Calcutta University. The schooling at Puri found in Gopabandhu his organising capabilities of meetings and societies and this work generated in him an element of leadership and created abilities for team work.

His initiative to help the victims of dreaded disease cholera which out broke in the holy city of Puri, led young Gopabandhu to form a voluntary corps 'Puri Seva Samiti'.