1. Nabakrushna Choudhuri served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Odisha.
24 Facts About Nabakrushna Choudhuri
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was a freedom fighter who participated in the Non-cooperation Movement, the Civil Disobedience movement, and the Peasant movement.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri's father belonged to an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family and was an accomplished advocate.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri completed his studies for to Matriculation Examination at the age of 15 but had to wait for a year due to age restriction.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri lost his father around this time so he came under his elder brother Gopabandhu Choudhury's guardianship.
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On return from Sabarmati, Nabakrushna Choudhuri tried to organize Gandhian programs in Odisha along with his brother in a school at Alakashram, that his brother established.
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In 1925, Nabakrushna Choudhuri went to Shantiniketan to further his studies of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri used the prison time in studies and in organising games and gymnastics for his fellow prisoners.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri came back to Tarikund after being released from Hazaribag Jail.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri created a small group within the Congress and began editing and publishing a journal named 'Sarathi'.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri won the election with an overwhelming majority and this marked his entry into active politics.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri's published journal 'Sarathi' had closed down by then.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was joined by Harmohan Patnaik, the President of Dhenkanal Prajamandal, the first Praja Mandal in India to fight against rulers of Princely States, Gouranga Charan Das, Ananta Patnaik, Baidyanath Rath, Sachi Routray, Manmohan Mishra, Surendranath Dwivedy etc.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri had already prepared a blueprint for sustaining the fight before going to prison.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was kept in succession at Cuttack, Angul and Puri Jails where he was mingling with all the fellow prisoners, and was organizing them against the misdeeds of the Jail employees.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was sent to Berhampur Jail from Puri Jail.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri introduced Anchal Shasan system, that aimed at decentralization of local administration.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri resigned from the post in the wake of his son's suicide.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri tried to persuade him, but did not succeed initially.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was moving with Vinoba from village to village spreading the message of Gramdan.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri served as the revenue minister of Orissa in Mahatab's cabinet from 1946 to 1948.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri used to interact with top political leaders and Military Officers.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri was not able to tolerate the solitary confinement.
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri used to read extensively books, even the latest ones, and journals on politics, education, Marxism, Gandhian philosophy and development.