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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Harihara Das<br />
| honorific_prefix = Acharya<br />
| image = Acharya Harihara.png<br />
| caption = Drawn By Sunamani Samal<br />
| birth_date = 8 March 1879<br />
| birth_place = Sriramchandrapur, Sakhigopal, Puri<br />
| death_date = 21 February 1971<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Teacher<br />
| notable_works = Translation of Bhagavad Gita, Children's grammar book<br />
| parents = Shraddha Devi, Mahadev Brahma<br />
}}<br />
'''Acharya Harihar''' (8 March 1879 - 21 February 1971) was a freedom fighter, teacher and social worker born to a Brahmin family in Sakhigopal in Puri District of [[Odisha]].<ref>https://odisha.gov.in/odisha-profile/eminent-personalities/acharya-harihara</ref> As a teacher of [[Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya]], he actively and successfully participated in the literary work of Satyabadi.<ref>http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/Page84-86.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/616896|title=An experiment in nationalist education: Satyavadi school in Orissa(1909-1926)|first=Krishan|last=Shri|via=www.academia.edu}}</ref> He composed a translation of the [[Bhagavad Gita]] in Odia and children's grammar book in Odia language.<br />
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Acharya Harihar was born in AD 1879 at Sriramchandrapur village near Sakshigopal. His mother's name was Shraddha Devi and his father's name was Mahadev Brahma. He completed his primary education in the village, then moved to Puri District School to pursue high school studies. While studying at Puri, he started showing an interest in social service. After he passed out from Puri District School in 1901, he did the F.A. in [[Ravenshaw college|Ravenshaw College]] and moved to Calcutta to pursue a degree in law which he couldn't complete. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-19 |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819041553/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/Page84-86.pdf |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><br />
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He started his career as a temporary teacher at Puri District School and declined the permanent role there. Later he moved to Nilagiri and worked there as an assistant teacher. After the Nilagiri school was shut down by British influence, he joined Pyarimohan Academy at Cuttack. In 1912, he joined the national school at Satyabadi established by [[Gopabandhu Das|Gopabadhu Das]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?4556|title=Acharya Harihar Das|first=Amrit|last=Mahotsav|website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India}}</ref><br />
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He influenced the Salt satyagraha along with Gopabandhu Choudhury in 1930 and was arrested and sent to Hazaribag jail for 6 months.<br />
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He joined Bhudan Movement led by [[Vinoba Bhave]] and accelerated the movement. [[Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer]] was named after Acharya Harihara Das for his great dedication in social work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cancer Odisha {{!}} Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre |url=http://www.ahrccodisha.nic.in/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.ahrccodisha.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
https://web.archive.org/web/20190819041553/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/Page84-86.pdf<br />
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290118208_An_experiment_in_nationalist_education_Satyavadi_School_in_Orissa_1909-26<br />
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https://www.academia.edu/8417997/Acharya_Harihar_Das_and_His_Anti-colonial_Discourse<br />
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https://www.worldcat.org/title/acharya-harihar-an-altruist-life-history/oclc/693108866<br />
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[[Category:Odia-language poets]]<br />
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[[Category:Swadeshi activists]]<br />
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