22 Facts About Gopabandhu Choudhuri

Gopabandhu Choudhuri was an Indian activist, social worker and freedom fighter.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri participated in the Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience movement.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri was born to Gokulananda Choudhuri at the village of Kherasa, Jagatsinghpur.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri got his master's degree from the same college in 1914.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri decided to spend the rest of his life in the service of the people.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri's resignation, which was an extraordinary step and a brave decision, brought him immediately to the middle of the Indian freedom movement.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri laid the foundation of famous "Alakashrama" near the banks of Alaka river January 1922.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri's responsibility was to popularize the Congress, and expand its organisational base.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri was responsible for the Congress office and managed the Congress establishment in Orissa.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri's belief was a strong Congress would be crucial to achieving independence from British.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri did not contest the elections for Provincial Legislative Assembly.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri was posted here during his days in the Government service and he was well acquainted with the area.

Gandhi suggested Gopabandhu Choudhuri to choose one of such place and to stay there to work with the people.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri set up a base at Bari with his family and a few followers on 13 August 1934.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri undertook setting up small scale industries like leather tanning and manufacturing units, units to produce molasses, units to manufacture khadi, units to produce soap and paper etc.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri encouraged local people into vocations such as apiculture, dairy farm, basket and mattress production.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri trained farmers to grow new vegetables such as tomato, cauliflower, etc.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri persuaded the villagers to let untouchables enter into the Baldevjiu temple as early as 1936.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri translated Mahatma Gandhi's biography "my experiments with truth" to odia, "satyara prayog".

Gopabandhu Choudhuri continued his work at Bari that he began before independence.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri was however disillusioned by the Congress governments approach towards governance.

Gopabandhu Choudhuri boycotted the 1952 elections and joined the Acharya Vinoba Bhave led Bhoodan movement.