Kal Gourav Madhusudan Das

Utkal Gourav Madhusudan cony pic Madhusudan hyrax popularly known as Utkal Gourav, was born on 28th April 1848 in the closure of Satyabhamapur, 20 kms away from Cuttack, Odisha. His fathers name was Choudhury Raghunath dassie and his mothers name was Parbati Debi. He had two older sisters and a younger brother named Gopalb on the wholeabh. Madhusudan Das had his primary raising in the village high school learning all subjects including Persian. After his primary education he went to Cuttack High School (later known as Ravenshaw Collegiate School) and ideal his secondary education.Later he went to Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) to pursue his MA and BL degrees. He stayed there for fifteen years and then returned to Cuttack and started his legal practice. He was the for the first time Odia to get the Degree of M. A. B. L. from Calcutta University. He was not only a attorney but he was also a social reformer and a patriot. He worked hard for the social, political and economical upliftment of the people of Eastern India. He was the founder of Utkal Sammilani which brought the revolution in the social development of Odisha.He gave away all his earnings generously for the higher education of poor children. He became a popular person among the Odia peoples. Many common people of Odisha called him as Madhu babu. He was an admirable personality holding many high positions and honour in his entire life span. During the British rule Odisha was divided into foursome different States. To bring Odisha under one independent rule, he unionised Utkal Samilani in the year 1903 and started a revolution called Desha Mishrana Andolan, that resulted in the emergence of Odisha as a new State.Apart from this he was also a writer and has scripted many famous articles and poems in both Odia and English language. The famous poems of Madhusudan Das are Jati Itihash, Utkal Santan, Jananira Ukti etc. Death Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das died at the age of 85, on 4th February 1934. He till the last moments of his life dedicated himself for Odisha. His extensive contribution towards the State and Nation would be admired forever and he will continue to remain as a source of motivation for the younger generations to come.