Laxminarayan Sahu
Laxminarayan Sahu | |
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| Born | Laxminarayan Khetramohan Sahu 3 October 1890 Manikhamba, Balasore |
| Died | 18 January 1963(aged 72) |
| Occupation | writer |
Dr. Laxminarayan Sahu(3 October 1890 – 18 January 1963) was an eminent and noted writer, poet, journalist, social worker, reformer, historian, politician fromOdisha,India.[1][2]
He was born in a village named Manikhamba nearBalasoreand was the only son of his father, Khetramohan Sahu[2]and got degrees of M.A. and L.L.B. after graduation from school.[1]He was a teacher of repute.[2]He was noted for his writings and books recording the tribal myths of Odisha. His stories were connected with creation, heaven, and hell, life and death, which the tribal people of Odisha have been taken down from the lips to lips from generations.[3]He was also deeply involved in promotion and preservation of folk dance and music of Odisha and Odia culture, language and literature.[4]Apart from Odia he was also for his writings in Hindi,Bengali,English andSanskrit.His other famous stories are "Veena", "Sulata", "Control Room", poems "Pashara" and social story of "Springs of the Soul" etc. He was also editor of the Odia newspaperSahakaaraand English dailies -VatariniandStar of Utkal[2]As a reformer, he fought againstuntouchabilityand social evils against women.
He was elected to Odisha Assembly in 1947 and was a member ofConstituent Assembly of India.[1][5]He was noted for his fiery and to the fact debates while drafting of constitution of India and evenDr. B. R. Ambedkarhad to admit in context of arguments put forth by Laxminarayan Sahu that the Constitution was carrying contradictions, harmful enough to shatter India, unless removed by the people's representatives in the earliest opportunity.[6]At the debate in Constituent Assembly of India, he is said to have thundered:-Mr. Kamathhas quietly introduced in it the God too. Some people hold that there is no God. The people of India do not want God.[6]
He was awardedPadma Shriin year 1955 for his contributions in field of Literature & Education. He was also given title ofIthihasaratnafor his works and writings on history of Odisha. He was a member ofAsiatic Society,President ofOdisha Sahitya Academyand also a member ofServants of India Society.[4]
A school inCuttackhas been named after him asLakshmi Narayan Sahu Mahavidyalaya.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abcLtd, Durga Das Pvt (1985).Eminent Indians who was who, 1900-1980, also annual diary of events.p. 286.
- ^abcdLaxminarayan SahuArchived13 November 2012 at theWayback MachineBalasore Official Website
- ^Midwest folklore, Volumes 10-11.Indiana University. 1960. p. 191.
- ^abSix acres and a half: Odia novel: Chhamana atha guntha.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. 1967. p. 5.
- ^"Debates of The Constituent Assembly of India".164.100.47.132.Retrieved19 June2012.
- ^ab"It is Time for Indian Patriotic Intelligentsia to Wake up « Orissa Matters".Orissamatters.com. 6 June 2011.Retrieved19 June2012.
- ^"Lakshmi Narayan Sahu Mahavidyalaya".Lnsmahavidyalaya.org. 8 March 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2011.Retrieved19 June2012.
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- 1890 births
- 1963 deaths
- Social workers from Odisha
- Members of the Constituent Assembly of India
- Activists from Odisha
- 20th-century Indian educational theorists
- Odia-language writers
- English-language writers from India
- Hindi-language writers
- Indian male journalists
- People from Balasore district
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 20th-century Indian historians
- Scientists from Odisha
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Poets from Odisha