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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer]] --><br />
| name = Madhusudan Das<br />
| image = Madhusudan Das.jpg<br />
| caption = Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1848|04|28}}<br />
| birth_place = Satyabhamapur, [[Cuttack district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Company rule in India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1934|02|04|1848|04|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| occupation = Lawyer, social reformer,freedom fighter, minister, industrialist<br />
| education = M.A, B.L.<br />
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]<br />
| spouse = Soudamini Devi<br />
| relatives = Choudhury Raghunath Das <br />Parbati Debi (parents)<br />
| children = [[Sailabala Das]], Sudhanshubala Hazra<br />
| period = 1848–1934<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Madhusudan Das''' (28 April 1848 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian lawyer and social reformer, who founded [[Utkal Sammilani]] in 1903 to campaign for the unification of Odisha along with its social and industrial development. He was one of the main persons, helping in the creation of [[Orissa Province]] (present-day [[Odisha]], [[India]]), which was established on 1 April 1936. He was also the first graduate and advocate of Orissa. He is also known as '''Kulabruddha''' (''Grand Old Man''), '''Madhu Babu''', and '''Utkala Gouraba''' (''Pride of [[Utkal]]''). In [[Odisha]], his birthday is celebrated as the [[Lawyers' Day]] on 28 April.<br />
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==Family==<br />
Madhusudan Das was born 28 April 1848 at Satyabhamapur, {{convert|20|km|mi}} from [[Cuttack]] during the [[Company rule in India]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.odishafiles.com/2012/11/utkal-gourav-madhusudan-das.html |work=Odisha Files |title=Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das|year=2012|quote=born on 28th April of 1848 to father Choudhuri Raghunath Das and mother Parvati Devi at Satyabhamapur of Cuttack district |accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref> His father was Choudhury Raghunath Das and his mother, Parbati Debi. They had initially named him Gobindaballabh. He had two elder sisters and a younger brother named Gopalballabh. Gopalballabh was a Magistrate at Bihar Province and the father of [[Ramadevi Choudhury]]. He was converted to [[Christianity]] that caused him<br />
boycotted in the village which he had to quit to erect a small house at the end of the village. The house was known as ‘Madhukothi’ or ‘Balipokharikothi’, later on used as the state office of the Kasturba National Memorial Trust, in a part of which was running the Anganabadi, Balbadi. Madhusudan had adopted two Bengali girls; [[Sailabala Das]] and [[Sudhanshubala Hazra]]. Sailabala was an educationist who had been trained in England, and in whose name the famous Sailabala Women's College of Cuttack was founded.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2007/04/27/national-memorial-for-madhusudan-das-1177655766.html |title=National memorial for Madhusudan Das|work=news.oneindia.in |year=2012 |quote=his adopted daughter Sailabala Das |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> Sailabala was Bengali, and her parents had left her in the care of Madhusudan Das and his wife Soudamini Devi at Calcutta. In 1864, he passed Matriculation from Cuttack and thereafter he was inclined to become a teacher and began his career as a teacher at Balasore for three years. The year 1866 was the year of a acute famine in Odisha, called the "Naanka Durviksha" When more than one lakh people died of hunger. This year he converted himself to Christian and changed his name as Madhusudan Das from his earlier name of Gobinda Ballav Choudhury.<br />
Sudhansubala Hazra was also Bengali and she was the first female lawyer of British India. Madhu babu was the resident tutor of Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]], the former Vice-Chancellor of [[Calcutta University]] in Calcutta<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mslawcollege.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=29 |title=Our History |work=mslawcollege.org |year=2012 |quote=Ashutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University who was a student of Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> and [[Janakinath Bose]], father of [[Subhash Chandra Bose]] at [[Ravenshaw College]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
After his early education, he moved to Cuttack High School (later known as [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]]) which offered English education. In 1864, he passed the entrance examination and went to [[Calcutta University]]. In spite of extremely challenging conditions he lived in [[Calcutta]] for almost fifteen years, from 1866 to 1881. In 1870, he became the first [[Odia people|Odia]] to complete his B.A.<ref name="Sarma1996">{{cite book|author=Bina Kumari Sarma|title=Development of Modern Education in India: An Empirical Study of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1SC33vLHZIC&pg=PA108|date=1 January 1996|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-94-5|pages=108–}}</ref> He continued his studies at Calcutta and earned his M.A. in 1873, and an LL.B degree in 1878, thus becoming the first scholar from Orissa to be thus educated.<br />
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==Professional life==<br />
[[File:Madhusudan das statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of Madhu babu]]<br />
After returning to Orissa from Calcutta in 1881, he started his legal practice. His insight knowledge on this field helped him to earn sufficiently and spend for the common man. He handled some important cases of his times such as Puri temple administration case, Keonjhar Riots Case etc.<ref name="Rout 1988 p.54 ">{{cite book | last=Rout | first=K.C. | title=Local Self-government in British Orissa, 1869-1935 | publisher=Daya Publishing House | year=1988 | isbn=978-81-7035-046-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJoB-TQy4EC | access-date=2019-09-12 | page=54}}</ref><ref name="History 2018">{{cite web | last=History | first=Odisha | title=Role of Madhusudan Das in Making Modern Odisha | website=History of Odisha | date=2018-03-27 | url=https://www.historyofodisha.in/role-of-madhusudan-das-in-making-modern-odisha/ | access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> He was a source of inspiration for the lawyers in Orissa and in India. His birth anniversary is observed as [[Lawyers' Day]] in [[Odisha]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Known as 'Madhu Babu' by the common people, he worked for the political, social and economical upliftment of the people of Orissa and worked as a lawyer, journalist, legislator, politician and social reformer. He founded [[Utkal Sammilani]] which brought a revolution in the social and industrial development of Orissa. He was elected as a member of the legislative council of [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] and under the Diarchy scheme of [[Government of India Act, 1919]], he was appointed as Minister for Local Self-Government, Medical Public Health, Public Works in 1921.<br />
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He was the first Odia to become a member of both the legislative council and the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] of India. He founded ''Utkal Sammilani'' (Utkal Union Conference) which laid the foundation of Odia nationalism. Utkal Sammilani spearheaded the demand for unification of Odia speaking areas under a single administration.<ref name="Samal 1990 p. 122">{{cite book | last=Samal | first=J. K. | title=Economic History of Orissa, 1866–1912 | publisher=Mittal Publications | year=1990 | isbn=978-81-7099-218-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NO4xIxxt0kYC&pg=PA122 | access-date=2019-09-11 | page=122}}</ref><ref name="Samal Nayak 1996 p. 48">{{cite book | last1=Samal | first1=J. K. | last2=Nayak | first2=P. K. | title=Makers of Modern Orissa: Contributions of Some Leading Personalities of Orissa in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century | publisher=Abhinav Publications | year=1996 | isbn=978-81-7017-322-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XP_tAxMbvgkC&pg=PA48 | access-date=2019-09-11 | page=48}}</ref> This led to the formations of state of Odisha on 1 April 1936. He was also the first Odia to travel to England.<ref name="Dash 2017">{{cite web | last=Dash | first=Chinmayee | title=Important facts to know about Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das | website=OdishaSunTimes.com | date=2017-04-28 | url=https://odishasuntimes.com/important-facts-to-know-about-utkal-gourab-madhusudan-das/ | access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref><br />
He founded the [[Utkal Tannery]] in 1905, a factory producing shoes and other leather products. In 1897 he founded the Orissa Art Ware Works. With his support, the [[Tarakasi]](filigree) work of silver ornaments achieved commendable feet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/47Death_Anniversary_of_Madhusudhan_Das.pdf |title=Death Anniversary of Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das }}</ref><br />
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==Contribution to literature==<br />
As a writer and poet, patriotism was always at the forefront of his mind, and that was reflected in all of his literary works. He penned a number of articles and poems in both English and [[Odia language|Odia]]. Some of his important poems are "Utkal Santan", "Jati Itihash" and "Jananira Ukti". He was also an influential speaker in Odia, Bengali and English.{{fact|date=January 2021}}<br />
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==Last years==<br />
He died on 4 February 1934 at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120401/jsp/odisha/story_15320670.jsp#.UQ9_gWdP9tY |title=Forgotten Madhu babu |work=telegraphindia.com |quote= he passed away in Cuttack on February 4, 1934 |accessdate=4 February 2013 |location=Calcutta, India |first1=Shilpi |last1=Sampad |first2=Namita |last2=Panda |date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801033631/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120401/jsp/odisha/story_15320670.jsp}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2009/April-May/engpdf/4-7.pdf Madhubabu – The Great Personality] by Dinakrishna Joshi<br />
* [https://archive.today/20130126074435/http://connect.in.com/madhusudan-das/biography-180533.html Madhusudan Das Bio]<br />
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