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President Droupadi Murmu said Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das’s contribution to social service, literature, education, and journalism was unforgettable.

She was delivering an address at a programme on the 96th death anniversary of Das in Bhubaneswar.

Pandit Gopabandhu Das

• Pandit Gopabandhu Das, also known as “Utkalmani” (The jewel of Utkal or Odisha), was an activist, journalist, essayist, poet, reformer, and social worker who actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Utkalmani Gopabandhu - The Pride of Orissa - Odisha

• He was born on October 9, 1877 in Suando village near Sakshigopal of Puri District in Odisha.

• Giving up on his rewarding practice at bar, Gopabandhu Das dedicated himself to the cause of freedom, besides working for social reform. During the course of his stay at Calcutta, he met the Vande Mataram group and was infused with the Swadeshi spirit.

• In 1909, he founded Satyabadi Bana Vidyalaya in Puri district.

• Gopabandhu Das was the first president of the Congress party in Odisha. It was Gopabandhu Das - Wikipedia SYPAC