Biography of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das

This article gives you the full details about the famous personality, Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das who he had achieved and did many services to the people of Odisha. In this article, you can get the details about his service and contribution to the state Odisha.

About the birth and education of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das in Odisha

The famous personality of Odisha, Mr.Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das who he was born on 28th April in 1848 at Satyabhamapur village which is in 20 kilometers of distance from the city Cuttack, Odisha. He was popularly called as Utkal Gourav. Choudhury Raghunath Das and Parbati Debi were his parents. Madhusudan Das had two older sisters and one younger brother in his family. Madhusudan Das got his primary education in the village high school located in his own village and he went to Cuttack to get his higher secondary education. He completed his higher education in Calcutta University and got M.A., B.L. degree from the same University. He was the first Odiya person who got that degree from Cuttack University during that age. He started his career as a lawyer and did his practice in Cuttack. He was a famous lawyer in Odisha and he took and completed many challenged cases in his service. He also performed free services to the poor people of Odisha and didn't collect any fee from them to do legal services for those people. This shows the that he was a service oriented person in his life time and had helping mind throughout his span of life time.

The achievement and services of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das in Odisha

Madhusudan Das was not shown only a lawyer in the state of Orissa and he rendered and contributed many social services to the people of Orissa as a social reformer and a patriot. He had worked hard for the benefit of Orissa people to bring the social, political and economical development in the place of Eastern India and particularly in Orissa. He started and organized an union called as "Utkal Sammilani" which brought many changes in the social and economical development of Odisha in later. He had contributed his most part of earning for the poor children of Odisha to get their higher education. By this way, Madhusudan Das became a famous personality among the Odia peoples and he had been called as "Madhu Babu" by the peoples of Odisha. Madhusudan Das got many good positions in his life time and performed better services to the Odisha people through the post that he stayed in the state. He also started a new revolution in the year 1903 which was called as "Desha Mishrana Andolan". This revolution was the origin for the emergence of the new state Odisha. Madhusudan Das was also a good writer and he had written many books and poems for the people of Odisha.

The death of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das in Odisha

Madhusudan Das died on 4th February, 1934 when he was 85 years old. The contributions and dedications are really appreciable. He had contributed many more in his life time for the development and improvement of the state and the country. This would be a source of motivation for the youth and all peoples in future.