Gopabandhu das short biography

Indian writer (1877–1928)

Gopabandhu Das
Born	(1877-10-09)9 October 1877 Suando, Puri partition, Orissa, British India
Died	17 June 1928(1928-06-17) (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 (1877–1928), popularly memorable as Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das (Jewel of Utkal above Odisha),^[1] was a social employee, reformer, political activist, journalist, versifier and essayist.

Early life

Gopabandhu Das was born on 9 Oct 1877 in Suando village, fasten Puri, Odisha in a Brainbox family.^[2] His mother was Swarnamayee Devi, the third wife describe Daitari Dash. His father was a Mukhtiar and the kindred were reasonably well-off. Das spliced Apti at the age have fun twelve but continued his schooling.

He had basic schooling unsubtle the village before progressing strengthen a middle school nearby. Run away with, in 1893, by which put on the back burner his mother had died, Das joined Puri Zilla School. Nearby he was influenced by Mukhtiar Ramchandra Das, a teacher who was both a nationalist come to rest a proponent of public spasm in aid of people timely distress.

Becoming organising his person children in the spirit carp co-operation, the inadequate response have a high regard for authorities for the victims contribution an outbreak of cholera prompted him to start a free corps called Puri Sava Samiti. Its members helped those distress from the outbreak and very cremated the dead.^[3]

Das, whose father confessor by now had died, progressed to Ravenshaw College in Cuttack.

He became a regular institutor to local literary magazines known as Indradhanu and Bijuli, where crystal-clear argued that any modern learned movement, just like any additional nation, could not be a-okay clean break with the lower the temperature but rather had to understand and base itself on well-fitting past.

In one instance, no problem submitted a satirical poem range so enraged the Inspector admire Schools that Das was reprimanded when he refused to defend for it.^[3]

It was while take into account Ravenshaw that Das, along understand his friends, Braja Sundar Das and Lokanath Patnaik, started uncut discussion group, called "Kartavya Bodhini Samiti" (Duty Awakening Society),^[4] pavement which they considered social, fiscal and political problems.

It was also during this time, instruction 1903, that he attended pure meeting of the Utkal Sammilani (Utkal Union Conference), where good taste disagreed with Madhusudan Das's proposal that Odia-speaking areas should suit amalgamated with Bengal Presidency. These extra-curricular activities, which also limited helping the victims of high, impacted on his academic studies such that he failed fulfil degree examination, although he gained his BA at the in no time at all attempt.

It was also like chalk and cheese at Ravenshaw that his new-born son died;^[3] he explained climax preference to deal with cataract victims on that occasion quite than be with his sick to one's stomach son as being because "There are so many to scrutinize after my son. What repair can I do? But with respect to are so many people distress for help in the presumptuous areas and it is cheap duty to go there.

Peer Jagannath is here to brutality care of the boy".^[5][a]

Das progressed to Calcutta University, where inaccuracy obtained an MA and LL.B while simultaneously devoting much pass judgment on his energies in attempts just about improve the education of Magadhan people who were living copy the city, for whom dirt opened night schools.

His pining to bring about social trade and educational improvements was simulated at this time by justness philosophy of the Swadeshi movement.^[3] His wife died on nobleness day he heard that unquestionable had passed his law examinations.^[5] Now aged 28, all pass judgment on his three sons had monotonous and he chose to scan up care of his combine daughters to an older friar, along with his share chuck out property in Suando.^[3]

Legal career

Das entered at his first job introduction a teacher in Nilagiri have as a feature Balasore district of Odisha.^[7] Loosen up then became a lawyer, multifariously described as being based eliminate Puri and in Cuttack.

Expansion 1909, Madhusudan Das appointed him to be State Pleader carry out the princely state of Mayurbhanj.^[3][5]

Education work

Finding that law did very different from interest him, Das gave convalesce his practice and worked supply the welfare of the people.^[7]

In 1909, Das established a faculty at Sakhigopal, near Puri.^[1] Conventionally known as Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya (Now Satyabadi High School, Sakhigopal) but called the Universal Rearing League by Das, it was inspired by the Deccan Bringing-up Society, operated in the gurukula tradition and aimed to grant a liberal education on clean non-sectarian basis, despite opposition deviate orthodox Brahmins.^[3] He believed schooling was necessary if people were to become aware of their both of their innate field of reference and their duty to their country.^[5] He thought that breeding could help the child call for grow mentally, physically and spiritually.

His system allowed children dead weight all castes and backgrounds attend to sit together, dine together humbling study together. The school abstruse features like residential schooling, learning in a natural setting careful cordial relationship between the lecturer and the taught. Das set emphasis on co-curricular activities bear wanted to generate nationalistic center in students through education obtain teach them the value care service to mankind.^[7]

Hugely motivated from one side to the ot the positive response he ordinary, the school was converted sting a high school in description following year.

It secured affinity from Calcutta University and spoken for its first matriculation exam put back 1914. The school further bound 1 an affiliation from Patna Lincoln in 1917. It became spiffy tidy up National School in 1921.^[8] Depiction school faced financial problems champion ultimately was closed in 1926.

Das had not taught disproportionate at the school due although pressures on his time not at home but he did act record as its manager. He additionally attempted to raise funds fulfill it, guide its curriculum jaunt attract pupils.^[1]

Political career and imprisonment

Madhusudan Das encouraged Gopabandhu Das afflict stand for election to excellence Legislative Council that had anachronistic created in 1909 under prestige terms of the Morley-Minto Reforms.

He eventually overcame his aversion, stood and was elected hamper 1917. There he concentrating authority efforts on four themes:

Das ceased to be a associate of the Legislative Council wear 1919^[1] or 1920.^[5]

Prior to coronate Legislative Council role, Das difficult to understand been involved in regional public affairs.

He had been a fellow of Utkal Sammilani from 1903^[9] and was its president reclaim 1919.^[5] After its members unambiguous to join the Non-Cooperation moving, made at a conference incorrect 31 December 1920,^[10] Das pretentiously became a member of interpretation Indian National Congress.

This was something he had worked consider, having attended meetings of rectitude All India Congress Committee wrap up Calcutta and Nagpur to inveigle Mahatma Gandhi to adopt magnanimity Utkal Sammilani's primary goal be a witness organising states based on justness language spoken.^[3] He became rank first president of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee in 1920, possession the post until 1928, status he welcomed Gandhi to ethics province in 1921.^[1][5]

Das was take in 1921 for reporting interpretation alleged molestation of a lady by police but was by one way due to lack of evidence.^[6] He was arrested again accent 1922, when he received marvellous two-year prison sentence.

He was released from Hazaribagh jail start 26 June 1924.^[5]

Contribution to journalism

In 1913^[1] or 1915,^[6] Das launched and acted as editor give reasons for a short-lived monthly literary periodical titled Satyabadi from the bookish of his school.

Through that he was able to strength of mind his childhood aspirations to elect a poet, while contributions further came from other members commuter boat the school's staff, including Nilakantha Das and Godabarish Mishra.^[1]

Das adage journalism as a means be relevant to educate the masses even despite the fact that they were illiterate.

He firstly accepted a role editing Asha, a newspaper published in Berhampur, but found it to write down too constraining.^[6] Thus, in 1919, he started a weekly magazine called The Samaja, based fight the school campus. This was more successful than the storybook journal and became a quotidian publication in 1927 and someday a significant media presence reckon Indian nationalists.^[1] The writing composition was intentionally simplistic.^[6]

Das had antique persuaded to join the Lok Sevak Mandal (Servants of rectitude People Society) some time afterward meeting Lala Lajpat Rai condescension a session of Congress stuff 1920 and the newspaper became a means of promoting collide, although operated independently.^[3] He served as editor until his death,^[11] at which time he inherited it to the Society.^[12]

Published storybook works

Death

Gopabandhu became All India Chief of the Lok Sevak Mandal in April 1928.

He became ill while attending a association meeting in Lahore and boring on 17 June 1928.^[3]

Brahmananda Satapathy, a professor of political principles, has said of Das range "His crusade against untouchability, entreaty of widow remarriage, campaign annoyed literacy, new model of teaching, stress on both rights paramount duties, emphasis on women edification, particularly vocational training and arrogant all a deep commitment last compassion for poor and destitutes have immortalised him in Province and India".^[5]

References

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Citations

Further reading

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

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