15 Facts About Binod Kanungo

Binod Kanungo was an Odia author, freedom fighter, Gandhian, educator, social reformer and compiler of the Gyana Mandala, which is the greatest encyclopaedia in the Odia language.

Binod Kanungo won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award for his travelogue Runa Parishodha.

Binod Kanungo was a veteran freedom fighter and notable educationist.

Binod Kanungo was awarded with India's fourth highest civilian honour "Padmashree".

Binod Kanungo was the only son of Keshub Chandra Kanungo and Peera Dei.

Binod Kanungo had his primary education at village Naganpur and secondary school education at the famous Ranihat Highschool, Cuttack, of which he was the first ever student.

Binod Kanungo was appointed by the daily newspaper The Samaja to cover Mahatama Gandhi's Harijan Padayatra from Puri to Bhadrak in 1934.

Binod Kanungo was jailed for his participation in the freedom struggle.

Binod Kanungo compiled and edited major part of the Jnanmandal at his Barabati Stadium office at Cuttack.

Binod Kanungo single-handedly built the reference centre, which was visited and extolled by a great many dignitaries during his time, including Pranab Mukherjee, who later became President of India.

Binod Kanungo set up the Jnanmandal Foundation for the propagation of encyclopedic knowledge among common people at affordable cost.

Binod Kanungo devoted his entire life to the popularization of science and technical knowledge.

Binod Kanungo won Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984 for his semi-autobiographical travelogue Runa Parishodha.

Binod Kanungo was honoured by the President of India with the coveted Padmashree title.

On 2 May 2013, a statue of Binod Kanungo was installed on the premises of the Odisha State Archives.